Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue

Years A Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Peace is preached through people's lives. Peace was seen in Jesus' lif...

Year C Luke 2:41-52 In the midst of the usual there are opportunities to find something more than we ever expected. To begin to appreciate t...

Year C Colossians 3:12-17 Clothes are technologies of comfort and fashion/status. In this sense the experience of compassion, kindness, humi...

Year C Psalm 148 . . . praise the name of the Lord . . . for . . . created . . . bound[arie]s . . . . (vss 5-6) Just how far can this be con...

Year C 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 It is so easy to miss important people - parents miss children, kings miss wisdom, priests miss women. How would...

Year B Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Psalm 148 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:22-40 "For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what ...

Year A Isaiah 63:7-9 Psalm 148 Hebrews 2:10-18 Matthew 2:13-23 There is an image still being held - we will not deal falsely. In the meantim...

Years A, B, C Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12) John 1:1-14 Sing! Rejoice! G*D has done marvelous things G*D is expressing stead...

Year C Luke 1:39-45, (46-55) "Blessed are you among people, and blessed is the fruit of your life." This is indeed an extended tra...

Years A, B, C Isaiah 62:6-12 Psalm 97 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20 You! Remind G*D! You! Give G*D no rest! You! Prepare for a place of peac...

Year C Hebrews 10:5-10 "Sacrifices and offerings G*D does not desire, but a body has been given to me". "Sacrifice" and ...

Years A, B, C Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) Peace is established with justice (beyond law) and righteousness (beyo...

Year C Luke 1:46b-55 or Psalm 80:1-7 Merciful restoration in the face of all that has gone wrong is a dream worth chasing. Ahaz is not the o...

Year C Micah 5:2-5a Without asking for it or even dreaming about it, a currently insignificant spot is incorporated into an integral part of...

Year B 2 Sam. 7:1-11, 16 Luke 1:47-55 or Ps. 89:1-4, 19-26 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 Perplexity can be left alone or challenged. Our conf...

Year A Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Ready of not, here I come! So ensues another game of hide-and-seek. A...

Year C Luke 3:7-18 A brood of vipers has a nasty ring to it. However, what is at stake here are issues of growth, not strength of venom. Rel...

Year C Philippians 4:4-7 Gentleness is a quality I've worked toward for a long time. Many years ago I had an email signature before ther...

Year C Isaiah 12:2-6 I'm not a Hebrew scholar so anything you see me do with it ought to first be discounted and then questioned and que...

Year C Zephaniah 3:14-20 Once and future kings are intriguing mythical creatures. 15b - The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you...