In the Lectionary
November 5, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Poverty of spirit, like any kind of poverty, is unenviable but survivable.
October 29, Ordinary 30A (Matthew 22:34-46)
"Love God, love neighbor." Sounds simple.
October 22, Ordinary 29A (Matthew 22:15-22)
It's important to note what Jesus does not say about the Roman coin.
October 15, Ordinary 28A (Matthew 22:1-14; Isaiah 25:1-9)
The parable of the wedding banquet is a horror story.
October 8, Ordinary 27A (Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46)
The Apostle Paul shows the struggle to transcend the architecture of ego.
October 1, Ordinary 26A (Matthew 21:23-32)
Love has come into the world and is walking even now.
September 24, Ordinary 25A (Philippians 1:21–30; Matthew 20:1–16)
The work of advancing the kingdom doesn't translate into fair compensation as we understand it.
September 17, Ordinary 24A (Matthew 18:21–35)
The failure to forgive disrupts, distorts, and degrades community.
September 10, Ordinary 23A (Matt. 18:15–20)
At a #decolonizeLutheranism forum, I thought of Matthew 18.
September 3, Ordinary 22A (Matthew 16:21–28)
Through Christ, God dances.
August 27, Ordinary 21A (Matthew 16:13-20)
Not everyone knows who Jesus is. Do his disciples?
August 20, Ordinary 20A (Matthew 15:10–28; Romans 11:1–2a, 29–32)
Give me your tired, your poor, those you consider dogs.
August 13, Ordinary 19A (1 Kings 19:9–18; Psalm 85:8–13; Romans 10:5–15; Matthew 14:22–33)
Both Elijah and Peter face a stark reality: fear.
August 6, Ordinary 18A (Isaiah 55:1-5; Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21; Matthew 14:13-21)
I can’t fathom a God who isn’t personal—and personally accountable.
July 30, Ordinary 17A (Romans 8:26–39; Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52)
We can be joined by our suffering, not just separated.
July 23, Ordinary 16A (Genesis 28:10–19a)
We have forgotten how to dream the land.
July 16, Ordinary 15A (Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23)
The sower just seems to hope that the seeds will find the right kind of soil, while doing little to ensure that is the case.
July 9, Ordinary 14A (Romans 7:15–25a; Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30)
I would have been embarrassed, downright ashamed to be associated with gluttons, drunkards, and sinners.
July 2, Ordinary 13A (Matthew 10:40–42)
Matthew 25 is not the only way that Christ appears in our world.
June 25, Ordinary 12A (Matthew 10:24–39)
We have value because we are creatures, like sparrows.