Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10; 21:22-22:5 Open gates, always open, no metal detectors, no standing spread eagle for the obligatory TSA X-ray, no..
Easter 5C Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 My relationship to adoption is complicated. My brother is adopted. Several years ago he..
Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Easter 4C There is so much beautiful imagery to be had this Sunday. There..
Acts 9:1-20; John 21:1-19 Easter 3C My husband chairs the board of a small, local nonprofit working in the area of affordable..
John 20:19-31 “Last summer at Harvard … .” This was my sister’s refrain for at least a year. She’d gone to a..
Luke 24:1-12 The preaching pressure of Easter is real. The pews are fuller, the faces less familiar, the music grander, the memories..
The news this week, dear God, the news. It is relentless. Bombs in airports and subways. No boundaries between combatants and innocents,..
Luke 19:28-40 I am going to focus on the text for Palm Sunday rather than those designated for Passion Sunday. It really..
John 12:1-8 – Lent 5C Six days before Passover, Jesus is in Bethany with his close friends and disciples. Mary and Martha, Lazarus..
Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 – Lent 4C Maybe you can go home again. Returning home wounded, even if..
Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 13:1-9; Lent 3C I confess: This is not my favorite Bible passage. Jesus sends a mixed message. He says, “No..
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Luke 13:31-35 – Lent 2C This week we go to Luke 13:31-35 and this odd exchange between Jesus and..
Luke 4:1-13; Lent 1C Jesus is in the wilderness again. Every year, Lent 1, the Spirit leads or drives Jesus, fresh out..
An Ash Wednesday meditation One of these things is not like the other, not like the other, not like the other. Is..
Luke 9:28-36 Have you noticed how closely tied sleep and death are in the New Testament? This is especially true for the..
Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 When last we left our hero, he was seated in front of an admiring crowd...
Nehemiah 8:1-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 The first quandary to address this week is what to do about the parameters for..
Isaiah 62:1-5; John 2:1-11 My middle child was recently exposed to another branch of Christendom’s view of marriage. The details of this..
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 On a recent Saturday morning I received this text: “Where do you stand on the Filioque?” Not exactly what..
Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:1-18 These are three tour de force texts this Sunday. Any one of these readings could be..
1 Samuel 2:18-20; Luke 2:41-52 There are so many places I want to go with these texts, especially the one from Luke...
Christmas pageants have been a part of my Christmas celebrations for almost as long as I can remember. I can’t recall much..
Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:39-55 We have made it to the fourth Sunday of Advent: Mary visits Elizabeth, there is blessing and joy..
Zephaniah 3:14-20; Luke 3:7-18; Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice, you brood of vipers! This week I read the Gospel lesson last. I read Zephaniah..
Luke 3:1-6 There were 56 total. Some were ceramic, others made of wood. Most were three-dimensional, but a few of the most..
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