Living the Lectionary

  Luke 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd was trying to triangulate Jesus, who knows a thing or two about healthy relationships between three per...

  Luke 11:1-13 “Teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” Praying was not new to the disciples who as Jews would have done so religio...

Colossians 2:6-19 The rulers and authorities intended to make a public example of Jesus by nailing him to a cross. But what rulers intended ...

  Sodom and Gomorrah by Henry Tanner 1920-4 Genesis 18:20-33 Abraham does not dispute the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah or the punishment...

Luke 10:38-42 Martha is distracted by her many tasks because truth is without her they won’t get done. Luke doesn't tell us what the man...

Psalm 15 Abiding in the tent of the Lord is not a reward for those who walk blamelessly or do what is right. Doing what is right is how you ...

Genesis 18:1-15 In 2010 I wrote this blog from Ebert Ranch in the Texas Hill country where this year Janelle, Pr. Kyle, Intern Mallory and y...

  Vincent Van Gogh - The Good Samaritan - 1890 Luke 10:25-37 When parables become proverbial they lose their primary means of instruction wh...

Colossians 1:1-14 Paul makes fruit bearing sound easy but truth to be told even if worms and blight don’t destroy fruit fully grown it takes...

Psalm 25:1-10 The psalmist trusting in the Lord prays for God’s great love and mercy from of old to be remembered so that youthful sin and r...

  Deuteronomy 30:9-14 If the ancestors God delighted in prospering were Abraham, Isaac & Jacob they reaped the benefits of God’s benevol...

Luke 10:1-11; 16-20 To be sent out with no purse or provisions as lambs into the midst of wolves doesn’t sound so promising unless the succe...

  Galatians 6:1-16 Jesus said, “If you love only those who love you what good is that to you? Even the pagans do that.” Which means to fully...

  Psalm 66:1-9 Psalm 66 praises the awesome works of God remembering the rescue through the sea when escaping from Egypt the children of Isr...

  Isaiah 66:10-14 Isaiah’s vision of the exile’s return to Jerusalem to be nursed and carried on her arm and dandled on her knees was not re...

Luke 9:51-62 Either the disciples are accustomed to calling down fire on folks or they’re blowing smoke. I’m voting for the latter. But then...

  Galatians 5:1,13-25 Self-indulgence comes in many forms and even the perfectly pious can be bound by it. Granted the more obvious forms ar...

Luke 8:26-39 The man set free from demons is the hope of every parent, sister, brother or friend of a loved one shackled by insanity, tormen...

Psalm 22:19-28 Psalm 22 begins with the absence of God but ends with assurance as the one who cries “My God, My God why have you forsaken me...

Isaiah 65:1-9 Isaiah is one of my favorite books in the Bible but as it is with favorite books there are chapters I favor more others. Isaia...