Living the Lectionary

Reprint from 2013 because I love the picture of Joshua and Mary Ruth on the deck with dogs. Revelation 22:12-22 The lectionary for Eas...

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” Psa...

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 that the church could get this one righ...

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 read ...

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

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 chic...

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

Psalm 23 The promises of Psalm 23; green pastures, still waters, soul restored, right paths followed, comfort and confidence in death’s da...

Living the Lectionary: Easter 4 C - Acts 9:36-43 : Acts 9:36-43 Peter, the fisherman turned physician, may have been the rock upon which t...

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...

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 ti...

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 o...

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 fol...

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 a...

Luke 24:1-12 "It seemed to them an idle tale." The Greek for "idle tale" loosely translated is BS, if you'll par...

1 Corinthians 15:19-26 To hope in Christ only for the next life is just as pitiable as to hope in Christ "only for this life......

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 "There are shouts of exaltation in the tents of the righteous" is one of the verses from Psalm 118 that we ...

Acts 10:34-43 When Peter says he “truly understands God shows no partiality” he understands God is no longer limited to a chosen nation (I...

The Gospel according to Luke Some of us remember when the Sunday of the Passion was called Palm Sunday and we didn't read the rest of ...