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This article is the first in a four-part series for those who read Scripture in worship (or those who help prepare lectors). This article will offer tips for equipping lay readers to boldly proclaim Scripture (...)

Discussion on texts for Christ the King/Reign of Christ(Nov. 22, 2015): (Gospel) John 18:33-37; (First Reading) Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Psalm 93; (Second Reading) Revelation 1:4b-8.

Fertility of both soil and womb concerned many biblical writers in an era of threat by drought and disease, as seen this month especially in the stories of Ruth and Hannah, as well as in (...)

Discussion on texts for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 21; Aug. 23, 2015): (Gospel) John 6:56-69; (First Reading) Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 1 Kings 8:[1, 6, 10-11] 22-30, 41-43; Psalm 34:15-22; (Second Reading) (...)

Be honest. What are you most hoping to hear in this column for the fourth week in the Bread of Life discourse? What seems to be the obvious topic overlooked? Yes, that’s right. The Lord’s (...)

Discussion on texts for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 20; Aug. 16, 2015): (Gospel) John 6:51-58; (First Reading) Proverbs 9:1-6; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14; Psalm 34:9-14; (Second Reading) Ephesians 5:15-20.

Food fills the menu in August’s lectionary. Four weeks of Gospel readings explore John 6’s discussions between Jesus and others following the feeding of the five thousand, while Old Testament readings and Psalms further reflect (...)

Discussion on texts for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 17; July 26, 2015): (Gospel) John 6:1-21; (First Reading) 2 Kings 4:42-44; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 2 Samuel 11:1-15; Psalm 145:10-18; (Second Reading) Ephesians 3:14-21.

Pope Francis’s much anticipated encyclical entitled “Praised Be: On the Care of Our Common Home” was released on June 18. In it, he calls for an “integral ecology” attentive to both social and ecological dimensions (...)

“Christians still read the Bible strangely. We read the Bible as if we were the point, as though we are not, or never were, the Gentiles” (Willie Jennings). Is that ever the truth. The more-often-than-not (...)