Benjamin Lee
What Sort of Life is Worth Celebrating?
All Saints SundayLuke 6:20-31There is a long-standing tradition to dedicate the Sunday closest to November 1 to remembering and celebrating...
October 26, 2022
A Time for Liberation, a Space for Worship
Eleventh Sunday after PentecostLuke 13:10-17Hearing this story as a child I had a harder time understanding the indignation of the...
August 17, 2022
The Ambiguous Teachings of the Holy Spirit
Sixth Sunday of EasterActs 16:9-15Psalm 67Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5John 14:23-29The lectionary readings this week concerning the Holy Spirit are both unsettling...
May 19, 2022
Life Between Lament and Praise
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 1:4-20 Psalm 16 or 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25 Mark 13:1-8 “Do not regard...
November 10, 2021
Occasional Nibbles or Perpetual Feast?
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost John 6:56-59 Few other Gospel texts capture the tension between Jesus’ accessibility and his acceptability. Jesus...
August 17, 2021
Reminder and Remedy
Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-21 Jesus makes a curious comparison to an even more curious story....
March 10, 2021
