Sunday’s Coming
The wild kingdom (11B) (Mark 4:26-34)
When predictable things are replaced by elusive ones
Calling names (10B) (Mark 3:20-25)
Name calling is the last resort of the weak.
Non Sequitur Sunday (Trinity B) (John 3:1-17)
Defining the Trinity is absurd.
Wombs and tombs (Pentecost B) (Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:22-27)
God’s Spirit before birth and after death
How the apostles select Matthias (Easter 7B) (Acts 1:15-17, 21-26)
It’s an interesting contrast with the ways leadership and oversight have been handled since.
Eyes of the heart (Ascension) (Ephesians 1:15-23)
If we can be said to have them, we should at least want them to be opened.
Local flavor (Easter 5B) (John 15:1-8)
Some people can tell where wine or coffee is from just by tasting it.
Prayer with legs (Easter 4B; 1 John 3:16-24)
On continuing to believe in prayer when others (quite reasonably) do not
Disturbed and pondering it (Easter 3B) (Psalm 4)
Psalm 4:4 as practical wisdom
No darkness at all? (1 John 1:1-2:2)
On navigating light/dark language for worship
Start over at the beginning (Easter Day B) (Mark 16:1-8)
Mark's Gospel and “There's a Hole in the Bucket”
The power of a long Gospel narrative (Good Friday) (John 18:1-19:42)
Read the Passion in John‘s Gospel. All of it.
Proclaiming the Lord's humanity (Maundy Thursday) (1 Corinthians 11:23-36)
Paul offers a meantime ethic, a witness of the death Jesus still endures until death disappears in his return.
Bodies at worship (Palm/Passion B) (Philippians 2:5-11)
Every knee shall bow, even our knees.
A God who does laundry (Lent 5B) (Psalm 51:1-12)
On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance
Let the redeemed pray the Psalms (Lent 4B) (Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22)
Reading Psalm 107 aloud, what's most striking are the calls for voice.
Jesus and Black anger (John 2:13-22; Lent 3B)
Who are the other enraged voices crying out from the temple with Christ?
A life that matters (Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38; Lent 2B)
In this week’s readings, God’s covenant-making continues.
Are the heavens still torn apart? (Genesis 9:8–17; Mark 1:9–15; Lent 1B)
From where I'm sitting in 2021, it seems like maybe they are.
When you pray, not if (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21; Ash Wednesday)
Mainline Christians have often distorted this passage from Matthew.