It’s Complicated Lectionary 19 June 2016 5th Sunday After Pentecost Father’s Day 1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 Text to Life Every city has at least one. Usually several. They are located in empty lots, under overpasses, condemned properties....
The First M&M s Lectionary 12 June 2016 4th Sunday After Pentecost 1 Kings 21:1-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 Text to Life Everyone goes through phases. Every now and again, interior designers like to go in for the clean, pure, “all white” look....
Inside Outside Lectionary 5 June 2015 3rd Sunday After Pentecost 1 Kings 17:8-16 (17-24) Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 Text to Life We are officially into “summer.” The solstice is not until June 18, but Memorial Day weekend is past. So summer is here. Or...
Strange Instruments Lectionary 29 May 2016 2nd Sunday After Pentecost 1 Kings 18:20-21, (22-29), 30-39 Psalm 96 Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10 Text to Life Every culture has some form of rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. We are more familiar with the Jewish...
“Sub specie aeternitatis”: From An Eternal Perspective Lectionary 22 May 2016 Trinity Sunday Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Text to Life The world’s oldest profession is not what you think it is. May is the month when we all feel that tug of...
Great Balls of Fire Lectionary 15 May 2016 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34,35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 Text to Life One of the greatest confusions in the church today is the one between “values” and “virtues.” Let me tell you what I mean. The...