The church calendar describes two periods of ordinary time: one begins on the day after the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (the end of the Christmas season) and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday. The other began (this year) on May 29, the Monday after Pentecost (the conclusion of Eastertide) and...
Year A Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Some of you have heard me say… from your mouth to God’s ears… it’s an expression that I learned from my grandmother… an expression of support when someone voices a hope… a desire… a prayer… that...
Year A Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Our reading from Genesis… is about hospitality… God came as three men… three angels… in the heat of the day… when there was no air conditioning… when heat indices were no less real than they are...
Year A Genesis 12:1-9 Psalm 33:1-12 Romans 4:13-25 Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Raise your hand if you consider yourself to be a risk taker… no wait… stop… don’t just… yet… maybe it would help to define the kinds of risks I’m talking about… what about speeding up instead...
Year A Genesis 1:1-2:4a Canticle 13 (BCP) 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In 1963… Sydney Carter wrote the lyrics to the Lord of the Dance… he was at least partly inspired by Jesus when he wrote… “I don’t know whether Jesus ever leaped in Galilee… to the...