Living the Lectionary

Isaiah 35 Isaiah 35 begins with the parched land rejoicing and ends with the ransomed of the Lord returning to Zion with song as they are ov...

John 6:56-69 By the end of chapter six the five thousand fed on loaves and fishes have gone home and “many of his disciples” desert him. Onl...

Ephesians 6:10-20 Being strong in the Lord is not the same thing as being strong. In fact the only way to be strong in the strength of the L...

Psalm 34:15-22 Psalm 34 declares that even the name of those who do evil will be blotted out from the face of the earth while the Lord will ...

  Joshua 24:1-18 “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other god’s” turns out to not be too far from them at all. In t...

John 6:24-35 John is the only Gospel that details the aftermath of the multiplying feast. The people (well fed) are apparently not satisfied...

Ephesians 4:1-16 Living “a life worthy of the calling” is often understood in terms of personal piety reflected in a disciplined life, espec...

Psalm 78:23-29 We get the good verses of Psalm 78 which recounts God's response to God's people's complaints in the wilderness. ...

  Exodus 16:2-15 Those who complained in the wilderness, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt” forget the famil...

John 6:1-21 The feeding of the five thousand is found in every Gospel which means it was a big deal to the early church. My guess is it was ...

  Ephesians 3:14-21 If we are able to comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth of God’s love for us in Christ Jesus we have a ...

  2 Kings 4:42-44 Twenty loaves of barley and unnumbered fresh ears of grain that feed a hundred foreshadow a boy with five loaves and two f...

Mark 6:30-34 ;   53-56 The people of Gennesaret recognize Jesus because the  Gerasene  demoniac is in his right mind and wearing cloth es an...

  Ephesians 2:11-22 I've  read this passage more times than I can remember and have always celebrated it as good news and of course it i...

  Psalm 23 I have had more than one sheep and a few shepherds in my time, albeit of the German, Australian and Belgium variety, but then “th...

Jeremiah 23:1-6 It appears that the days that “are surely coming” still haven’t arrived as the righteous Branch raised up for David was “des...

Mark 6:14-29 It is a gruesome story and a sad end for the Baptizer who made straight the way in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lor...

  Ephesians 1:3-14 Chosen in Christ “before the foundation of the earth” is a long time to be loved. But we were destined for adoption for t...

Psalm 85:8-13 Because steadfast love and faithfulness embrace righteousness and peace are bold to come out of the closet and engage in PDA (...

Amos 7:7-15 There comes a time when the harsh word is the only word left to speak for one cannot forever endure those who continually abando...