Christmas 1C
29 December 2024 And so we jump from the manger to the Temple when Jesus is twelve years old. We’ll be going back to his childhood next week, but [...]
Proper 25B
27 October 2024 The Scriptures are clear – God is in the business of restoration. How this restoration happens, and what its results are, can be surprising. This week [...]
Proper 21B
29 September 2024 It’s a strange week this week in the Lectionary, and there are many different angles that could be taken. Keeping ourselves from sin, God’s rescue of [...]
Proper 20B
22 September 2024 The choice we all face every day is highlighted in the Lectionary readings this week: wickedness or righteousness. As strange as those two words may sound [...]
Proper 24B
20 October 2024 In the upside-down (or right-side up) Reign of God, greatness is defined very differently from the power, fame and fortune criteria that is used by most [...]
Proper 23B
13 October 2024 The question of suffering may absorb the minds of theologians and philosophers, but it is not an issue to be debated. Nor is it a problem [...]
Proper 22B
06 October 2024 Human beings are not created to live alone, but for connection, community and relationship. Our relationships are not just with one another, but with the God [...]
Proper 18B
08 September 2024 The can be no question, after reading the Scriptures for this week in the Revised Common Lectionary, that God is concerned for the poorest and most [...]
Proper 19B
15 September 2024 Obeying the call of Wisdom, embracing God’s instruction, watching how we use our tongues, taking up our crosses and following Jesus – these are the themes [...]
Proper 14B
11 August 2024 The call to action continues with this week’s readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. Although the readings seem to be quite disparate in their themes, the [...]