Living the Lectionary

We bid farewell our cat Tika (pronounced tick-ah) today. She came to our house as a kitten when daughter Mary Ruth (17) was just learning...

Luke 7:1-10 I think the remarkable thing about the centurion is that he loves the people of the land he was sent to occupy. The Romans w...

Galatians 1:1-12 The Galatians really got under Paul’s skin and despite the grace afforded to the “chief of sinners though I be” the “l...

Psalm 96:1-6 All the gods of the peoples are small g idol gods. It’s a bold statement to make in a pluralistic culture where many would...

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43 In the verses the lectionary leaves out Solomon wonders if God whom “the highest heaven cannot contain” will be fo...

The thunderstorm rolled in about 4 AM and shook the double wide that functions as support staff housing for Ebert Ranch. Lisa will tell yo...

John 16:12-15 I'm blogging from the Headwaters Saloon in Harper, Texas after my first day working horses with wrangler Lorianne at Eb...

Romans 5:1-5 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...

Psalm 8 The "work of the heavens" wreaking havoc on Moore, Oklahoma calls into question just how mindful God might be about m...

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 I’m not a big fan of the book of Proverbs even though there is certain comfort to addressing the complexity of l...

John 14:8-17, 25-27 Years ago I had one of those moments when I desperately wanted a clear word from the Lord. Nothing seemed to be wor...

Romans 8:14-17 The conditional clause, “if, in fact, we suffer with him” might cause one to “fall back into fear” especially if one l...

Psalm 104:24-35 I'm reprinting my May 23, 2010 post on Psalm 104 for my friend and Smokey Trailer Band bass player David Lakota in reme...

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

John 17:20-26 Whenever I go to the NTNL Mission office in Dallas I like to stop at the Starbucks at the corner of TX 183 and Mockingbir...

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

Psalm 97 The Lord is King! Let the earth rejoice, unless lit up by the Lord's lightning the earth trembles. Let the coastlands be g...

Acts 16:16-34 In Acts 16 a healing happens because Paul “very much annoyed” by a slave girl outing him as a slave of the Most High God ...

My Google calendar just told me I have no events scheduled today. I wish I'd known that before I got out of bed. Of course that is onl...

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...