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Paul in Athens
May 29 reading – Sixth Sunday of Easter – Acts 17: 22-31 Paul was convinced his purpose was to take the good news of Jesus, […]
May 29 reading – Sixth Sunday of Easter – Acts 17: 22-31 Paul was convinced his purpose was to take the good news of Jesus, […]
April 17 reading: Liturgy of the Passion – Matthew 26:14-27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54 What language shall I borrow? What can we say? How can we—how […]
Last Sunday in Epiphany March 6, 2011 reading: Matthew 17:1-9 It’s a long, hard climb up Mount Tabor, where tradition says Jesus was transfigured. The […]
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Feb. 20, 2011 reading: Leviticus 19: 1-2,9-18 Matthew 5: 38-48 The opening words of the Old Testament reading and the closing […]
Jan. 16, 2011 reading: Second Sunday after Epiphany John 1:29-42, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 There’s a neat little detail buried in our gospel today. Our reading […]
December 19, 2010 reading: 4th Sunday of Advent Matthew 1:18-25 We know so little about Joseph! He’s a righteous man. He’s a carpenter by trade. […]
November 28, 2010 reading: Advent 1: Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin […]
October 10, 2010 reading: Thanksgiving / Pentecost 20 Luke 17:11-192 This year the lectionary bumps right into Canadian Thanksgiving. We often choose this gospel when […]
September 5, 2010 reading: 15th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 14:25-332 One of the books I refer to when I’m teaching an introductory course in pastoral […]
One Sabbath as Jesus preached, he saw a sermon illustration, right there in the synagogue! What if, in the middle of the assembly of the […]
June 20, 2010 — 4th Sunday After Pentecost-C Galatians 3:23-29 “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there […]
May 9: Sixth Sunday of Easter Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 Picture an old saint named John. He lives on the rocky island of Patmos, a prisoner […]
April 11: Second Sunday of Easter John 20: 19-31 Suppose, up in heaven, the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples have a reunion. Matthias — Judas’ […]
March 14: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Maybe it’s a function of my crochety personality. I’m drawn to gospel stories where Jesus goes out […]
February 7: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Today’s gospel story is eerily similar to the post-Resurrection narrative in John 21. Luke makes it Peter’s call, the […]
Sunday, January 31 Epiphany 4 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Why does Paul pause in the middle of a really good argument about the use and abuse […]
First Sunday after Christmas, Year C Luke 2:41-52 (1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26) I must have missed this. Maybe I knew it and forgot. As Luke […]
November 8, 2009: Mark 12:38-44 To all preachers who intend to squeeze a stewardship sermon out of this text: Warning! Stop reading here! To the […]
Sunday, October 11: Hebrews 4:12-16 About the artist – Henna Kim Henna Kim’s images are an invitation, not only to a visual “fiesta,” but also […]
September 27, 2009: Pentecost Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 The Lectionary gives us this one crack at the amazing tale of Esther. Don’t be afraid to […]