Living the Lectionary

Jeremiah in the Pit by Marc Chagall  Psalm 71 We will only recite the first six verses of Psalm 71 but I bet Jeremiah knew the whole p...

Jeremiah by Marc Chagall -1956 Jeremiah 1:14-21 This is not the kind of call a prophet wants to receive. Given a choice a prophet, or ...

Luke 4:14-21 Jesus ends  his preaching tour of Galilee in the synagogue of his bar mitzvah. The standing room only crowd has gathered in...

1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Maybe Paul never looked into a mirror that wasn't dim (1 Corinthians 13:12) because although the nose might b...

Psalm 19 I've been attending yoga classes for a few years and if it weren't for the mirrors around the room I’d think I was quit...

Nehemiah 8:1-10 The exiles, including the lay reader's nightmare list of names in the omitted verses, have returned from captivity to...

John 2:1-11 The wine has run out and with one more “l’chaim” the guest’s goblets will go dry and the party will be over ahead of schedul...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Corinth was the “sin city” of the 1 st  century and the Christians living there struggled to be “in the world but ...

Isaiah 62:1-5 The people to whom these words are addressed have grown weary of hope. They were promised a return to  Zion  with singing ...

Luke 3:15-22 It was a time of expectation, like when the planets line up in a way they haven’t for a long time and won’t ever again in one...

Acts 8:14-17 The Word of God spent some time in Samaria and promised a thirsty woman that there would be a day when Samaritans and Jews ...

Psalm 29 The voice of the Lord is LOUD. Glory! Many people experience God in the beauty of nature; sunsets, mountain tops, misty lakes at ...

Marie Talbot 1953-2012 Isaiah 43:1-7 This promise of God was penned by the prophet Isaiah to the captives who sat by the waters of Bab...

Matthew 2:1-12 The men from the east may have been wise in the way of stars but they were not so smart when dealing with kings. You don’...

Ephesians 3:1-12 Paul calls himself the “very least of all the saints” even though he will tell the Corinthians he worked harder than any ...

Psalm 72 The righteous flourish and peace is found in abundance when people in power care for the poor and the oppressed and those who...

Isaiah 60:1-6 The recently released captives who returned to Judah did not find “the ransomed of the Lord shall return unto Zion with sing...

Luke 2:41-52 Last Sunday night  Kyrie Fort Worth  decked the halls on the patio our new location, Shaw's Bar and Grill,  with Christm...

Colossians 3:12-17 Paul’s fashion advice to the Colossians begins with the remembrance of who they are in Christ. Remember you are chose...

Psalm 148 I once heard a Psalty Kids Praise CD that said when a cow goes moo it’s praising God. I don’t mean to be a naysayer when it co...