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Discussion on texts for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 28; Oct. 11, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 10:17-31; (First Reading) Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 90:12-17; (Second Reading) Hebrews 4:12-16.

The biblical patriarch Job, a well-respected community leader, is easy for prosperous U.S. Christians to identify with. He is one of us, wealthy and successful in a stratified society. We too may believe virtue has (...)

Speaking the truth from your heart. There’s a concept. Welcome back to Mark after five weeks in John 6 and is this ever an appropriate place for reentry into Mark. Mark doesn’t mess around. Short, (...)

Discussion on texts for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 22; Aug. 30, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; (First Reading) Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Song of Solomon 2:8-13; Psalm 15; (Second Reading) James (...)

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) (...)

Wisdom rules the September lectionary. Several weeks of Proverbs and James sets the mind on virtues like diligence, discernment, foresight, generosity, humility, justice, peacemaking, and self-control. From wisdom’s frame we may easily find in the (...)

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 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 18; Aug. 2, 2015): (Gospel) John 6:24-35; (First Reading) Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 2 Samuel 11:26–12:13a; Psalm 78:23-29; (Second Reading) Ephesians 4:1-16.

Have you ever noticed that a lot of our conversations around hospitality are rather one sided? That is, we tend to talk about our hospitable nature, our hospitality as a spiritual gift, our “willingness” to (...)

Discussion on texts for Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 14; July 5, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 6:1-13; (First Reading) Ezekiel 2:1-5; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10; Psalm 123; (Second Reading) 2 Corinthians 12:2-10.