Living the Lectionary

Ephesians 5:15-20 If the days were evil when the apostle Paul wrote these words to the Ephesians what are they now?  Truth is every age comp...

Psalm 34:9-14 Pleasure and prosperity comes from pursuing peace. We tend to equate pleasure and prosperity with possessions, or at least the...

Proverbs 9:1-6 Wisdom is a feminine noun in Hebrew and what she offers, along with wine and bread and roasted meat, is order. The book of Pr...

John 35:41-51 “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?” It is a legitimate question for those in the crowd “w...

Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Falsehood is a hard thing to put away since it is so deceptive and evil speech often comes out of our mouths masquerading...

  1 Kings 19:4-8 Elijah is despairing under the solitary broom tree because Queen Jezebel is determined to kill him, which makes sense becau...

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 Not satisfied with water from the rock the children of Israel wondered aloud about the ability of God to provide meat and mak...

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

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 cl...

Psalm 145:10-18 "The eyes of all wait upon you, O Lord" especially if those eyes run cattle or grow cotton in Texas. We've had...

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 fis...

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 is....

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 “the ...

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 sad end for the Baptizer who made straight the way in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord....

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

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