Living the Lectionary

1 Kings 17:8-24 When I was 11 my family visited the American military cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer which sits on the bluffs above D-Day’s ...

Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-11; John 16:12-15 I was doing a Google search to find an image for today’s blog when I happened...

John 16:12-15 Someone asked me recently when the Holy Ghost disappeared and the Holy Spirit appeared. I’m not sure when but I know why. In...

Romans 5:1-11 The second article of the faith tells the story of the One not created who was before time began and yet chose to let go of gl...

Psalm 8 The unity of Father Son Spirit cannot be divided and yet each member while fully present in the other is also distinct. Attempting...

Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31 This Sunday is the Feast of the Holy Trinity and wisdom would be wise to advise us to say as little as possible about ...

Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17, 25-27 There are some weeks when these blogs come easily and other weeks, like this o...

John 14:8-27 Years ago I had one of those moments when I desperately wanted a clear word from the Lord. Nothing seemed to be working. Not pr...

Romans 8:12-25 The first readers of Romans never thought the creation would still be waiting 2000 years later to be set free from its bond...

Psalm 104:24-34 The God who made the Leviathan just for fun sent forth the Spirit yesterday afternoon and while family and friends and pas...

Acts 2:1-21 Lutherans are rarely mistaken for Pentecostals and even when the charismatic renewal blew through the church our version of Pe...

Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-21; John 17:20-26 Easter 7 is the last Sunday of Easter and if we haven’t figured it out by now ...

John 17:20-26 I am sitting at a table in the Starbucks at the corner of TX 183 and Mockingbird Lane. It is perhaps the busiest and nosies...

Revelation 22:12-21 The lectionary for Easter 7c leaves out verse 15 of Revelation 22 presumably because verse 15 leaves out “dogs and sorc...

Psalm 97 The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice, unless lit up by the Lord’s lightning it trembles. Let the coastlands be glad, unless oc...

Acts 16:16-34 In Acts 16 healing happens because Paul “very much annoyed” by a slave girl tells the divining spirit outing him as a slave o...

Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10-22:5; John 14 23-29 I’m counting the census takers that are meeting at the tables across from my ...

John 14:23-29 “Do not let your hearts be troubled” might be mistaken for a Jesus “Just Do It” theology if it were not for the peace that p...

Revelation 21:10-22:5 It is a strange vision of a city that is out of this world. Carefully measured and described with twelve gates of pe...

Psalm 67 The psalmist was a having a good day when Psalm 67 was written. Not like the day “My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me” Psalm...