Lent

How Can We Not Rejoice?

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...

Sowing, Reaping, and More

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...

More Than Meets the Eye

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...

Lurking at the Door

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...

From Gales to Gentle Breezes

Year C Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… We are all going to die…  it’s not really…  ever…  a pleasant fact…  but it is a fact of life…  that the other end of birth…  is death…  and the vast majority of us humans…  do...