In the Lectionary
March 30, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Who were the people who watched Jesus' crucifixion?
March 29, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
When I was a youth pastor, I was familiar with John 13—but the idea of footwashing freaked me out.
March 25, Palm Sunday B (Mark 11:1-11)
Humility isn't a stunt for Jesus—it's a condition of his life.
March 25, Passion Sunday B (Mark 14:1-15:47; Psalm 31:9-16)
In the hours before the Passion, the Jesus who was hidden becomes revealed.
March 18, Lent 5B (John 12:20-33)
The crucified Jesus in John's Gospel is cosmic—and magnetic.
March 11, Lent 4B (Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21)
Don't forget to read John 3:17.
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.