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Discussion on texts for Holy Trinity Sunday (May 22, 2016): (Gospel) John 16:12-15;(First Reading) Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; (Second Reading) Romans 5:1-5.

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 (...)

We gather in old and new ways, and in new and old ways, holding vigil and celebrating Easter. We gather as our forefathers and -mothers of the faith have for almost two thousand years. We (...)

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 (...)

“We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life (...)

Discussion on texts for Holy Trinity Sunday (May 31, 2015): (Gospel) John 3:1-17; (First Reading) Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; (Second Reading) Romans 8:12-17.

The book of Acts narrates how, in the years following the church’s birth, a small band of disciples turned the Roman world upside down (Acts 17:6) or, more precisely, right side up. Even threats and (...)

Death and life dominate the Lenten lectionary in March, beginning on the first day with Abram’s childlessness and the promise of continued new life through both his wives (Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16), along with the psalmist’s (...)

Clothing and food — celebrated necessities — describe God’s abundant gifts to creation in an Isaiah passage that shows up twice in December’s lectionary: once on Advent’s third Sunday (December 14), where it concludes the (...)

Discussion on texts for Ordinary 24 (Sept. 14, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 18:21-35; (1st Reading) Genesis 50:15-21; (Semicontinuous 1st Reading) Exodus 14:19-31; Psalm 103:[1-7] 8-13; (2nd Reading) Romans 14:1-12.