Tag: Lectionary Reflections

  • August 17, 2023
    Eleventh Sunday after PentecostIsaiah 56:1, 6-8Matthew 15:10-28Many musical artists, especially those of the 20th century, have taken up the prophetic…

  • August 3, 2023
    August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration in the church’s calendar. It also happens to be the anniversary of…

  • July 25, 2023
    Ninth Sunday after PentecostGenesis 29:15-28 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52This week’s lectionary texts are an embarrassment of…

  • July 19, 2023
    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,…

  • June 26, 2023
    Fifth Sunday After PentecostGenesis 22:1-14Romans 6:12-23Matthew 10:40-42While they have long been a part of traditions and folkways in various cultures,…

  • June 22, 2023
    Do Not be Afraid by Janice LoveHating the Godfather by Eagan Sutterfield

  • June 14, 2023
    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 2, 2023
    Life Together by Anna MacdonaldWith Us to the End of the Age by Kelly Johnson

  • May 22, 2023
    Seventh Week of EasterJohn 17:1-11Of all the liturgical responses that the Church knows and practices, perhaps the most ubiquitous is…

  • May 4, 2023
    Look, I See the Heavens Opened by Shannon SchaefferTrusting the Way by Kyle Childress