Tag: Lectionary Reflections

June 8, 2022

First Sunday after Pentecost/Trinity SundayProverbs 8:1-4, 22-31Psalm 8Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15Earlier this summer, I had an experience that will stick with…

June 2, 2022

The following post was published at Pentecost, 2019Acts 2:1-21I am a sucker for wonder. I love to see a waxing…

May 25, 2022

Seventh Sunday after EasterActs 16:16-34Ps. 97Rev 22:12-21John 17:20-26This is the final Sunday before Pentecost.  In our gospel reading for today…

May 19, 2022

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 12, 2022

Fifth Sunday of EasterActs 11:1-18Psalm 148Revelation 21:1-6John 13:31-35The lectionary passages this week are filled with creation and glorification. In the…

May 4, 2022

The following post was originally published for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, 2016Acts 9:36-43 or Acts 13:14, 43-52Psalm 23Revelation 7:9-17John…

April 26, 2022

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

April 21, 2022

Second Sunday of EasterJohn 20:19-31Have you ever hidden behind locked doors for fear of your life? Many years ago, when…

March 30, 2022

Fifth Sunday in LentIsaiah 43:16-21Psalm 126Philippians 3:4b-14John 12:1-8I just recently became acquainted with the art of a Franco-Italian sculptor named…

March 22, 2022

I began this Lent, with a handful of others from my church, camping in caves.  We were in a place…