Living the Lectionary

Revelation 21:1-6 Here at the end of John’s dream (which is really just the beginning) the God far off, who came so close to the creati...

Psalm 24 JD Bailey ascended the hill of the Lord yesterday afternoon. Michael Laursen made his ascent this morning. Their hands were made...

Isaiah 25:6-9 Isaiah imagines all peoples have a reservation at the feast of rich food, fine wine and choicest meats. Of course the M...

A Martin Luther Quote for Reformation Sunday “This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, b...

John 8:31-36 Freedom: i.e. "the power to determine action without restraint." Even in a nation founded on the principle of fr...

Romans 3:19-28 It is God’s righteousness that matters because none are justified in God’s sight without the divine forbearance that pas...

Psalm 46 Outside the city made glad by streams from the river the Lord of Hosts was led like a lamb to the slaughter. The "Refuge ...

Jeremiah 31:31-34 I shudder whenever someone says “the days are surely coming” because it sounds like whatever is coming is bad news. B...

This conclusion to the texts for Pentecost 21b comes after the fact but maybe that is how it should be given all  I've  done in the last...

Mark 10:35-45 “When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John” presumably because the ten were sorry they  hadn...

Hebrews 5:1-10 I’m not a high priest but I suppose according to the writer of Hebrews I qualify as one chosen to be “put in charge of thi...

Psalm 91:9-16 I’m not sure I want to trample a great lion or tread on a cobra but I suppose it’s better than the alternative. On the ...

Isaiah 53:4-12 Isaiah’s vision of the suffering servant seems to indicate God does not deal with transgressions the same way we do. We ho...

The Red River Rivalry was a rout for the third straight year and then Jeter breaks his ankle in the Yankees loss to Detroit making for a...

Mark 10:17-31 Maybe if we don’t ask the rich young man’s question, “what must we do to be saved” we don’t have to apply Jesus’ answer, ...

Hebrews 4:12-16 The first humans hid in the bushes when after eating the forbidden fruit they suddenly realized  they were naked. T...

Psalm 90:12-17 The last lesson we seem to learn is to number our days aright since we act as if we have an unlimited supply. “Bet your ...

Amos 5:6-15 There is no mistaking the economic element in the prophet Amos’s description of sin. Those who rule the house of Joseph des...

We have two baptisms and a reaffirmation of faith today. The first will happen at the 11 AM service at Calvary when Holden Rouze is bapt...

Mark 10:2-16 When the disciples ask Jesus about this matter he invokes the “thou shall not…” to what Moses permits so that the hypocris...