RCL – Year B – Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 23, 2012 Series 1: Proverbs 31:10-31 Psalm 1 Series 2: Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalm 54 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37 Give me a lamp and call me Diogenes. The lectionary continues to focus on wisdom this week. Unfortunately, the … Read More
This week I am adding a bonus post. I really struggled with how to capture in words my thoughts and feelings entangled in the lectionary readings and various events of the week. I really should know by now that when this happens and I cannot express things in prose, I should step back and let … Read More
RCL – Year B – Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 16, 2012 Series 1: Proverbs 1:20-33 Psalm 19 or Wisdom 7:26-8:1 Series 2: Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 116:1-9 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O God, my rock and my redeemer. Many preachers … Read More
RCL – Year B – Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 9, 2012 Series 1: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Psalm 125 Series 2: Isaiah 35:4-7a Psalm 146 James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17 Mark 7:24-37 Labor Day has come and gone. The summer has come to an end (never mind what the thermometer or the calendar says). … Read More
RCL – Year B – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 2, 2012 Song of Solomon 2:8-13 with Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 or Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 with Psalm 15 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This week I am writing while enjoying the last few days of my vacation. I haven’t paid too much attention to … Read More
RCL – Year B – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 26, 2012 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11), 22-30, 41-43 with Psalm 84 or Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 with Psalm 34:15-22 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69 I am on vacation this week and didn’t want to skip posting. The poem below is from my book, Negotiating the Shadows: Daily … Read More
RCL – Year B – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost – August, 19, 2012 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 with Psalm 111 or Proverbs 9:1-6 with Psalm 34:9-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 The Olympics are over and the feelings of camaraderie and unity they inspired are fading quickly. A man walked into a conservative research center and fired on … Read More
RCL August 12, 2012 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 with Psalm 130 or 1 Kings 19:4-8 with Psalm 34:1-8 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not … Read More
2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a with Psalm 51:1-12 or Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 with Psalm 78:23-29 Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35 A couple of months ago, I went to see The Avengers just like millions of other people. I came out of the theater wanting to watch it all over again. It is the most entertaining movie I have ever seen. Nostalgia … Read More
RCL – July 29,2012 – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 11:1-15 with Psalm 14 or 2 Kings 4:42-44 with Psalm 145:10-18 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 With this set of texts, I am not sure to begin. If I were preaching and could see the faces of people gathered for worship, I might begin with … Read More
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