The Final Four: Hope Lectionary 4 December 2016 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Text to Life This second Sunday of Advent we are focusing on the second of the “final four” words of this preparatory...
The Final Four: Peace Lectionary 27 November 2016 First Sunday in Advent Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Text to Life This Sunday marks the beginning of a new “season” in the liturgical calendar. The twenty-seven Sundays of Pentecost have come...
Bottoms Up! Lectionary 20 November 2016 Christ the King Sunday Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 1:68-79 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 Thanksgiving Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 100 Philippians 4:4-9 John 6:25-35 Text to Life Whose got the power? For the past year and a half that...
Lions and Lambs, Republicans and Democrats….Christians Lectionary 13 November 2016 26th Sunday After Pentecost Isaiah 65:17-25 Isaiah 12 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 Text to Life It goes without saying . . . You never resemble Jesus more than when you have your...
Undeserved Lectionary 6 November 2016 25th Sunday After Pentecost Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 Text to Life “Missed that class!” We all have, haven’t we? There’s always been a class or memo that we have missed,...
God’s Golden Buzzer Moment Lectionary 30 October 2016 Reformation Sunday All Saints Day Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Psalm 119:137-144 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 Luke 19:1-10 Text to Life One of the greatest gifts in life we can receive is an “aha” moment. An “aha” moment...