Living the Lectionary

1 John 4:7-21 “Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” You would think the church could get this right since the comm...

Psalm 22:25-31 Psalm 22 begins with a lament. “My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?” In the verses that follow human suffering is s...

Acts 8:26-40 The Ethiopian eunuch was well respected in the court of Candice but in Jerusalem he was denied access to the temple of the ...

John 10:11-18 We had a Rambouillet lamb named Louie who grew up to be a sheep so tame as to be a nuisance. I’m not sure the Good Shepher...

1 John 3:16-24 “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.” (The  D...

Psalm 23 Our souls are restored when we are guided along right pathways even if it takes a rod and staff to keep us on the path to green...

Acts 4:5-12 The rooster can crow till the cows come home but the days of denying Jesus are over for Peter. When one is filled with the H...

Luke 24:13-49 “Peace be with you”  doesn't  do the trick. “Look at my hands and feet”  doesn't  dispel disbelief. Even touch me ...

1 John 3:1-7 There is no way around it. Since we all sin we are all guilty of lawlessness even though in the love the Father has given u...

Psalm 4 It is only when one stops loving illusions and living lies that one can see the wonders God desires to do for the faithful – and...

Acts 3:12-19 The scene that precedes Peter’s speech to “You Israelites” is the healing of the lame beggar at the temple gate. “Silver or...

John 20:19-31 In the Gospel of John believing is seeing. We can speculate as to Thomas’s whereabouts that first day of the week but his ...

1 John 1:1-2:5 Sin by its very nature is deceptive so that even when we confess our sins we can continue to walk in the darkness that ma...

Psalm 133 In three short verses Psalm 133 states the obvious and makes me wonder why the church doesn't pursue unity with more pur...

Acts 4:23-37 When the believers were of one heart and mind there were no needy persons among them. When their hearts and minds went thei...

Mark 16:1-8 It is a strange way to end a story when clearly the women who “said nothing to anyone” must have told something to someone. T...

Mark 16:1-8

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 “I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news…”is a recurring theme of the Corinthian correspondence...

Psalm 118:14-24 The Lord is the psalmist’s strength and song because in the “day that the Lord has made” the right arm of the Lord has ...

Acts 10:34-43 God’s “no partiality” is still particular even if the promise to Jews was extended to Gentiles. That  doesn't  mean ...