Tag: discipleship

  • November 20, 2020
    Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 25:31–46 When did the disciples “believe” in Jesus? Whatever we mean by “believe,” the different…

  • September 4, 2019
    Thirteenth Sunday After PentecostLuke 14:25-33 This text begins with the statement that large crowds were traveling with Jesus. We know…

  • January 26, 2017
    Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 I Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 Are we still of any use? What we shall need is…

  • August 31, 2016
    Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Philemon 1:1-21 Tradition supplies a backstory for the short book Philemon:…

  • December 18, 2015
    The post for the 4th Sunday in Advent is Jim McCoy's post from 2012. The word “preachy” has never been…

  • November 18, 2015
    For the last Sunday in ordinary time, we have two posts from the archive. In 2012, the last time through…

  • September 9, 2015
    Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Proverbs 1:20-33 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 “Why doesn’t God answer my…

  • June 23, 2015
    For this week's lectionary, we have two great posts from previous trips through the cycle: Debra Dean Murphy's  "The Hemorrhaging Woman"  from 2009 and Brian…

  • May 6, 2015
    Sixth Sunday of Easter John 15:9-17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another (15:17)…

  • April 7, 2015
    Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 “Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of…