Living the Lectionary

  Psalm 104:24-34 The prayer in the Pilgrims Guide (turn to page 42) of every Cursillio, Via de Cristo, Walk to Emmaus, or Tres Dias is base...

  Acts 2:1-21 Lutherans are rarely mistaken for Pentecostals and even when the charismatic renewal blew through the church our version of Pe...

John 17:20-26 When the NTNL Mission office was in Dallas I liked to stop at the Starbucks at the corner of TX 183 and Mockingbird Lane befor...

Revelation 22:12-22 The lectionary for Easter 7c leaves out verse 15 of Revelation 22 presumably because verse 15 leaves out “dogs and sorce...

  Psalm 97 The Lord is King! Let the earth rejoice, unless lit up by the Lord's lightning the earth trembles. Let the coastlands be glad...

  Acts 16:16-34 In Acts 16 a healing happens because Paul “very much annoyed” by a slave girl outing him as a slave of the Most High God tel...

  John 14:23-29 "Do not let your hearts be troubled" might be mistaken for a Jesus "Just Do It" theology if it were not ...

Revelation 21:10-22:5 It is a strange vision of a city that is out of this world. Carefully measured and described with twelve gates of pear...

  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” Psalm...

Acts 16:9-15 Even though Paul and his companions do enter  Europe Through the Back Door ® the Acts 16 travelogue would be more interesting i...

John 13:31-35 "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another." You would think the church could get this one right. Afte...

  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 Shepherd ...

Psalm 23 Souls are restored when guided along right pathways even if it takes a rod and staff to get us there. That’s because we can get los...

  Acts 4:5-12 The same Peter who cowered in courtyard and wept bitterly because of it has become the rock who will not back down even when c...

  John 21:1-19 By the third appearance the disciples have gone back to what they know. “I’m going fishing,” is what you do when your world h...

Philippians 2:5-11 The operative word in having "the mind of Christ" is "let" as in allow or permit. Or maybe a better w...

  Isaiah 50:4-9 The word that sustains the weary is that the teacher himself was wearied by beatings, insult and spitting. Wakened by the wo...

John 12:1-11 What do you do when the man who raised your brother from the dead comes for a visit? If you are Martha you serve dinner. If you...

Philippians 3:4-14 Paul doesn't know how to do anything half way. He spent all his time and energy amassing an impressive Hebrew of the ...

Psalm 126 The memory of mouths filled with laughter sustains those whose eyes brim with tears. A sustaining memory is a good thing in and of...