In the Lectionary

This Hebrews text is a word crafted for a specific people by a caring preacher.

We see in Bartimaeus's story the same basic elements that are present in the calling of Jesus’ first disciples.

People who are satisfied and content do not seek Jesus—only those who know there is something missing from their lives.

Mark's story is about the irony of keeping our hands ritually washed while being up to our elbows in evil.

Jesus does not serve the vague “God of everybody.” He serves the scandalously particular God of Israel.

Our armor always loses because our weapons are consistently one step ahead of our protection.

Which would you rather do, contemplate belief or consume the flesh and blood of Jesus?

What is manna? Is it a Hebrew pun on mah hu, or as Everett Fox suggests, “Whaddayacallit”? Is it mountains of sweet insect excrement, as proposed by some scholars, or the stuff of legend?

For decades, my students have failed to grasp the resurrection of the body as an article of faith.

The villagers of Nazareth knew Jesus, and they thought him to be nothing special.

"And they took him with them in the boat." Why is Jesus suddenly in the passive role?