Tag: Lectionary Reflections

September 14, 2022

Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostLuke 16:1-13To be perplexed in the face of the Scriptures is not a new posture. For those…

August 30, 2022

Luke 14:25-33The gospel reading for this Sunday stands as a sharp contrast to the immediately preceding paragraph (Luke 14:15-24).  In…

August 25, 2022

Twelfth Sunday After PentecostJeremiah 2:4-13Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16Luke 14:1, 7-14Several years ago, when my wife and I were in the process…

August 17, 2022

Eleventh Sunday after PentecostLuke 13:10-17Hearing this story as a child I had a harder time understanding the indignation of the…

August 11, 2022

Tenth Sunday after PentecostHebrews 11:29-12:2Within the last decade, I have shifted my perspective in a significant way as I approach…

July 27, 2022

Eighth Sunday after PentecostHosea 11:1-11Psalm 107:1-9, 43Colossians 3:1-11Luke 12:13-21Things not to talk about your first month in a new ministry:…

July 22, 2022

The following post by Jana Bennett was originally published on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 2019Seventh Sunday After PentecostGenesis 18:20-32Hosea…

July 12, 2022

Sixth Sunday After PentecostGenesis 18:1-10aColossians 1:15-28Luke 10:38-42Last week, I served as a counselor at a camp for high school students…

July 6, 2022

Fifth Sunday after PentecostPsalm 82Colossians 1:1-14My small town of Wilmore has a large civic park on the other side of…

June 30, 2022

The following post was first published on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 2019Galatians 6:7-16Luke 10:1-11, 16-20This week’s reading outlines the…