Living the Lectionary

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” Psal...

Acts 16:9-15 Even though Paul and his companions do enter Europe Through the Back Door ® the Acts 16 travelogue would be more interesti...

John 13:31-35 "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another." You would think the church could get this one right. A...

Revelation 21:1-6 No sea on the new earth? And here I was planning on boogie boarding my way through at least half of eternity. Some rea...

Psalm 148 The praise the Lord list is all inclusive even though not everyone on the list gets along. Wild animals eat cattle, kings mak...

Acts 11:1-18 I think I might just have to remain kosher if the Lord told me to eat reptiles even if rattlesnake does taste like chicke...

John 10:22-30 In light of the bombing in Boston and the explosion in West, Texas the Gospel assigned to lectionary preachers “I give th...

Revelation 7:9-17 The promise to the white robed ones before the throne describes the great ordeal our faith forebears suffered. Indeed,...

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia Psalm 23 We spoke the 23 rd psalm yesterday at the funeral service of Calvary member Vernon Johnson. In so...

Acts 9:36-43 Peter, the fisherman turned physician, may have been the rock upon which the church was built, but Tabitha was the one who...

John 21:1-19 By the third appearance the disciples have gone back to what they know. “I’m going fishing,” is what you do when your worl...

Revelation 5:11-14 I remember the sound of angels singing in our backyard years ago. They must have been around three and five at the t...

Psalm 30 Psalm 30 is a song of deliverance sung in the key of joy. Rescued from the foe, helped by healing, brought back from the depths ...

Acts 9:1-20 Saul may be the one blinded but Ananias is the one who wants to make sure God sees clearly. "Here, I am Lord" is fo...

John 20:19-31 There are those who say faith dare not doubt while others claim faith without doubt is no faith at all. I’m not sure I care...

Revelation 1:4-8 We leave the letter to the seven churches behind when we translate it too quickly to a prophetic word about our time or ...

Psalm 150 Psalm 150 is the alternate psalm for Sunday. It’s a noisy praise the Lord psalm and if you were at Calvary on Easter it shou...

Acts 5:27-41 For a group of guys who didn't get it in the Gospels the disciples got going pretty quickly in the book of Acts. With ...

It seems strange to be blogging about Easter on Good Friday but then Easter is the only way this Friday can be called Good. Without re...

Luke 24:1-12 "It seemed to them an idle tale." Pastor Kyle looked up the Greek for "idle tale" and loosely translat...