Susan Adams

Our Fixation with Jacob’s Ladder

Eighth Sunday after PentecostGenesis 28:10-19aPsalm 139: 1-12, 23-24Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16:19Romans 8:12-15Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43In this week’s Lectionary text set,...
July 19, 2023

A Psalm-Shaped Prayer

Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) and Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 Exodus 19:2-8a and Psalm 100 Romans 5:1-8Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)Several years ago a friend...
June 14, 2023

The Days are Surely Coming: A Lectionary Kaleidoscope

Reign of ChristJeremiah 23:1-6Luke 1:68-79Psalm 46Colossians 1:11-20Luke 23:33-43I had a kaleidoscope as a child and it fascinated me to turn...
November 16, 2022

Gratitude in Exile: Seeking the Welfare of the City

Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Psalm 66:1-12 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 1112 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19“To...
October 4, 2022

Breakfast with Jesus

Third Sunday of EasterJohn 21:1-19In the days following the rollercoaster ride of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, the...
April 26, 2022

Renouncing the Veil

A Modest Text-Based Poem For TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY Year C February 27, 2022 Exodus 34:29-35  Psalm 99  2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2  Luke...
February 22, 2022

Daring to Trust in God’s Provision

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost Ruth 1:1-18 and Psalm 146 Deuteronomy 6:1-9 and Psalm 119:1-8 Hebrews 9:11-14 Mark 12:28-34 As a...
October 20, 2021

Making a Spectacle of Ourselves

Palm Sunday Mark 11:1-11 Hosanna!Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father...
March 22, 2021

An Identity Not My Own

Second Sunday after the Epiphany   1 Samuel 3:1-20 Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51 Not having...
January 11, 2021

Waiting With Eager Longing

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24  Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm...
July 13, 2020