Living the Lectionary

John 11:32-44 The lesson picks up the story at the point where Mary, the one who was commended for sitting at Jesus feet while Martha to...

Revelation 21:1-6 The “making all things new” promise that was “trustworthy and true” made it possible for people to endure the worst so...

Psalm 24:1-6 The psalmist might proclaim that the earth is the Lord's but we live as if everything belongs to us. It's more than...

Isaiah 25:6-9 The psalmist laments, “by the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept… when our captors mocked us making us sing songs of Zion… ...

John 8:31-36 I suppose I should have said something about being Lutheran this week, after all Reformation is the Lutheran 4 th  of July a...

Romans 3:19-28 God is the One who is just and the one who justifies; period, end of sentence. So why do we work so hard for what is non...

Psalm 46 No Fear. It is more than a bumper sticker declaration of one’s willingness to engage in reckless behavior. The “No Fear” of P...

Jeremiah 31:27-34 “The days that are surely coming” where the Lord “remembers sin no more” arrived a long time ago by the way of a hill ...

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 th...

Psalm 91:9-16 I’d rather not tread upon the lion cub (they’re so cute!) or trample down the serpent (Why’d it have to be snakes – Indian...

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 h...

Mark 10:17-31 The rich young man’s wealth and life-long obedience to the law means he has every reason to believe his eternal life inher...

Hebrews 4:12-16 It is more than a little frightening to know that we are laid naked and bare to the eyes of the One who can judge the th...

Psalm 90:12-17 I don’t need to be a math major to know there are more days behind me than ahead of me  so I’d rather not number the da...

Amos 5:6-7; 10-15 You can’t seek the good God desires without seeking the good that blesses others. That is not to say you don’t have yo...

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

Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 If “in these last days” Jesus is the reflection of God’s glory and the very imprint of God’s very being” then God ...

Psalm 8 The “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name” is mindful of mortals. Within the human community the mighty generally ignore ...

Genesis 2:18-24 The trouble in paradise comes in chapter three but in the beginning everything was perfect. The “one flesh” couple lived...