Year A Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 10:16-25 John 18:1-19:42May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Year after year… during Holy Week… we read the Passion Narratives about Jesus’ betrayal and last day… in some small way… we may identify with his suffering… because we have all suffered… ] in some small way… we...
The Gospel Passion readings serve as the sermon. Matthew 26:14- 27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54
Easter will soon be upon us. We have about another week to think about the ways we can continue to turn our few good deeds into mountains of them, and turn our many sins into just some small pebbles. This is challenging work. It’s challenging for us to own up to our faults when...
Year A Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… Place me as a seal over your heart… for love is as strong as death… many waters cannot extinguish its fire… and many rivers cannot wash it away… that’s from the Song of Solomon 8:6-7… and...
Year A 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… The human eye is a marvelous thing… according to the Southwestern Eye Center… our eyes blink an average of 4,200,000 times a year… and so if you were paid a nickel every time you blinked… you...