Year B Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 23  Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 May the words of my mouth, O God, speak your truth… Today Jeremiah speaks God’s words and says…  Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture…  and you know things are getting really bad when God starts off...

Year B Amos 7:7-15 Psalm 85:8-13 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 May the words of my mouth, O God, speak your truth… In the verses just prior to today’s passage from the prophet Amos…  God pronounces a litany of indictments against an indulgent society…  in which the powerful and wealthy are accused of arrogance and...

Year B Ezekiel 2:1-5 Psalm 123 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13 May the words of my mouth, O God, speak your truth… Most of the time…  for most people…  the changes we experience are slow…  the growth we experience is gradual…  so slow and gradual that it may seem like we’re drifting in a...

Year B Job 38:1-11 Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Mark 4:35-41 May the words of my mouth, O God, speak your truth… In the last four verses of today’s reading from Job…  God declares that it was only God who shut in the sea with doors…  and set limits to where its proud...

Year B Ezekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 92:1-4,11-14 2 Corinthians 5:6-10,14-17 Mark 4:26-34 May the words of my mouth, O God, speak your truth… After the Battle at Carchemish…  which sits on the upper Euphrates river…  in 605 BCE…  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem…  and Israel’s King Jehoiakim was forced to pay tribute…  for three...