In the Lectionary
March 4, Lent 3B (John 2:13-22)
Jesus isn't just reforming temple practices.
February 25, Lent 2B (Mark 8:31-38)
You've got to feel bad for Peter.
February 18, Lent 1B (Mark 1:9-15)
What good is a wilderness experience?
February 14, Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17)
There are two sure things in life: death and sin.
February 11, Transfiguration B (Mark 9:2-9)
Strange things are happening on this mountain.
February 4, Epiphany 5B (Mark 1:29-39)
Debbie's prayers have not been answered.
January 28, Epiphany 4B (Mark 1:21-28)
Reading about Jesus in Capernaum, I think about a man I met in Tijuana.
January 21, Epiphany 3B (Mark 1:14-20)
Jesus wasn't popular.
January 14, Epiphany 2B (1 Sam. 3:1-20; Ps. 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51)
I like that Jesus isn't actually what the disciples are looking for.
January 7, Baptism of the Lord (Mark 1:4-11)
Each January the lectionary invites us to remember the invisible network of faith.
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12)
Why does Matthew insist on calling Jesus a king?
December 31, Christmas 1B (Luke 2:22-40)
Luke insists that Jesus is a child of Israel.
December 24/25, Nativity (Luke 2:1-14)
Luke has some sense of how a baby can change everything.
December 24, Advent 4B (2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Luke 1:26-38)
I imagine Nathan waking to the word of the Lord with his heart pounding.
December 17, Advent 3B (John 1:6-8, 19-28; Isa. 61:1-4, 8-11; 1 Thess. 5:16-24)
Like John the Baptist, progressive Christians tend to define ourselves in the negative.
December 10, Advent 2B (Mark 1:1-8)
In Flint, we know something about nostalgia and despair—and hope.
December 3, Advent 1B (Mark 13:24-37)
The Gospel reading speaks of the world ending. For some people in the pews, it is.
November 26, Reign of Christ A (Matthew 25:31-46)
The criteria for separating sheep from goats do not include a confession of faith.
November 19, Ordinary 33A (Matthew 25:14-30)
Some parables sound like bad jokes.
November 12, Ordinary 32A (Matthew 25:1-13)
Even the wise bridesmaids have limited vision.