Year C Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Today’s Gospel is a strange story indeed… today’s narrative doesn’t unfold in a strictly linear way… you’ve got to read it all the way through… and then read it again… to be able to say… Oh… so...
Year C Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… We’ve all heard this parable before… at least I think so… and depending on who’s preached on it… some of this may not be news… though as you’ll see… it all remains Good News… but...
Year C Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The story of Moses and the Burning Bush… fascinated me as a child… it was one of the Bible stories we came back to again and again in Hebrew and Sunday School… the idea that something...
Year C Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Things seem tenuous. They seemed tenuous to Abram too… it had been years since God promised to make of him a great nation… and he continued childless… and he wondered… would the heir of his house be...
Year C Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Our reading from Deuteronomy today… is more than just a story… it’s a liturgy of thanksgiving… it establishes the ritual remembrance of God’s liberating act… it instructs God’s people… to remember their status as aliens… and...