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While the opportunities Scripture offers to speak directly of the beauty, power, and needs of the natural world are extremely frequent, especially in the Psalms, often the lectionary presents us with stories that contribute to (...)

Discussion on texts for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (July 22, 2018): (Gospel) Mark 6:30-34, 53-56; (First Reading) Jeremiah 23:1-6; (Semi-continuous First Reading) 2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Psalm 23; (Second Reading) Ephesians 2:11-22. Recorded at Luther Seminary, (...)

Several weeks of Gospel texts this summer read John 6, beginning with the story of Jesus’ feeding the multitudes with five barley loaves and two fish. Many of the lectionary Psalms in July and August (...)

Discussion on texts for Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 22, 2018): (Gospel) John 10:11-18; (First Reading) Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; (Second Reading) 1 John 3:16-24.

I recently returned from a weekend in a large Presbyterian church in Michigan, where I was asked to speak about the faith dimensions of creation care and climate change. In one session, I handed out (...)

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Oct. 15, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 22:1-14; (1st Reading) Isaiah 25:1-9; (Semi-continuous 1st Reading) Exodus 32:1-14; Psalm 23; (2nd Reading) Philippians 4:1-9. Recorded at The (...)

Everyone knows, practically every day, the cost of a gallon of gasoline at the local pump. What we may not recognize so constantly are its hidden costs, the environmental costs of its extraction from the (...)

“To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8: 6 I start with a deep, centering breath prayer. Closing my eyes, (...)

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Fourth Sunday of Easter (May 7, 2017): (Gospel) John 10:1-10; (1st Reading) Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; (2nd Reading) 1 Peter 2:19-25. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., (...)

I am often asked, as I was this past Sunday at a church gathering, what is the one easiest step a Christian can take to care for creation. It was a “bite your tongue” moment. (...)