Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 Advent 1A These Advent texts offer a series of contrasts this week: light and dark, awake..
Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 This is the Sunday we make explicit what is true every Sunday and every day: Christ is King...
Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 21:5-19 Ordinary 33C Proper 28 I am writing this before the election results are revealed. You will be preaching..
Almighty God, as people go to the polls this day we pray first and foremost for peace. May the sense of community..
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn for the 2016 election season. This interfaith hymn was written in response to the..
Haggai 1:15b-2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 Ordinary 32C Proper 26 Just in time: On the Sunday before the election, the..
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Luke 19:1-10 Ordinary 31C Proper 26 What are we watching for? What are we trying to see as we..
Joel 2:23-32; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Luke 18:9-14 Ordinary 30C Proper 25 What is being poured out? The Spirit? Us? Our hearts? There..
Jeremiah 31:27-34 2, Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8 Ordinary 29C I don’t know what to do with these texts. In some ways, they..
God of all times and all places, as we gather this day to worship, give praise and say thank you, we are..
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Ordinary 28C Proper 23 We are to live in hope, looking toward the future..
Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; Luke 17:5-10 Ordinary 27C Proper 22 There are times in our lives when lament is the only response..
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 Ordinary 26C Proper 21 The subject line read: “The sweet smell of self love.”..
Luke 16:1-13 Ordinary 24C; Proper 20 Money, money, money. Why is Luke always going on about money and possessions? Can’t we move..
Luke 15:1-10 Ordinary 24C; Proper 19 “The world never looks as big as when someone is lost.” This is the last sentence..
Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Luke 14:25-33 Ordinary 23C; Proper 18 The lectionary brings us sobering texts this week. The prophet declares..
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14 Ordinary 22C; Proper 17 There is a whole lot of watching going on at the Pharisee’s..
Luke 13:10-17 Ordinary 21C; Proper 16 No one wants to be chomping at the bit. No one wants to be caught between..
Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 Ordinary 20C; Proper 15 Well, perhaps Jesus is right around the corner because, according to this Luke text,..
Luke 12:32-40 Ordinary 19C; Proper 14 To fear or not to fear. That seems to be the question. Political speeches on all..
Luke 12:13-21 Ordinary 18C; Proper 13 I like big barns and I cannot lie. It is difficult, I would suggest, to live..
Hosea 1:2-10; Luke 11:1-13 Ordinary 17C; Proper 12 There are times when the “not appropriate for children” parts of the Bible come..
Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 Proper 11; Ordinary 16C Be like Mary, not Martha, so goes the often repeated, simplistic lesson from this..
Luke 10:25-37 Proper 10; Ordinary 15C The walking dead. That’s who the priest and the Levite are in this text. The man..
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn for churches in response to the Orlando shootings. She hopes the hymn will be..
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