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Discussion on texts for Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 1, 2016): (Gospel) John 14:23-29 {Alt. Gospel} John 5:1-9; {First Reading} Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; {Second Reading} Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5.

I recently received a copy of a new ecological hymn that included the line, “We are called to have dominion over all that you have made.” This pervasive understanding comes rather directly from the NRSV translation of (...)

Discussion on texts for Maundy Thursday (Mar. 24, 2016): (Gospel) John 13:1-17, 31b-35; (First Reading) Exodus 12:1-4, [5-10], 11-14; (Psalm) Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; (Second Reading) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.

Discussion on texts for Passion Sunday (Mar. 20, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 22:14–23:56; (Alt. Gospel: Palm Procession) Luke 19:28-40; (First Reading) Isaiah 50:4-9a; (Psalm) Psalm 31:9-16; (Second Reading) Philippians 2:5-11.

I spent a week last month in Kisumu, Kenya, seven miles south of the equator on Lake Victoria, preaching and teaching about creation care for the Africa Inland Church, an evangelical denomination founded a century (...)

Emphasis on food in many of this month’s readings underscores its centrality for human life both physical and spiritual. From Joel’s locust plague that devastated crops to Isaiah’s “acceptable fast” honoring the poor, the Ash (...)

This article is the third in a four-part series for those who read Scripture in worship (or those who help prepare lectors). Watch the accompanying videos. Not only are we to proclaim the Word with (...)

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 Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 30; Oct. 25, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 10:46-52; (First Reading) Jeremiah 31:7-9; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Psalm 126; (Second Reading) Hebrews 7:23-28.