Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue

Advent 1 – Year B to wait or not to wait reasonable question in unreasonable times watching but inactive chooses then betrayal waiting alway...

Advent 1 – Year B 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 "You are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ...

Advent 1 – Year B Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Restore us, let your face shine. This appeal to G*D is a refrain in this Psalm and precursor to "...

Advent 1 – Year B Isaiah 64:1-9 We desperately yearn for a better future to break in. This is not just a vague expectation of some change ma...

Advent 1 – Year B Mark 13:24-37 Wasn't it just yesterday we tried to talk ourselves into celebrating "Christ the King"? Today ...

Pentecost Last – Year A another year done gone 365 pleas of "come" have gone come, come, come, weary and sore distressed; come, co...

Pentecost Last – Year A Ephesians 1:11-23 "…we [sheep], who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his ...

Pentecost Last – Year A Psalm 100 ( The Message – non-holy-pronoun version) 1-2 On your feet now – applaud God!      Bring a gift of lau...

In the sheep/goat model it is helpful to hear even finer distinctions being made. G*D can spot a sheep in goat's clothing. Even sheep co...

A difference between blessed and cursed stereotypes is a slippery one. No, it's not a difference in lanolin. Blessings flow toward us an...

Pentecost +27 – Year A The Sacrament of Waiting Macrina Wiederkehr Slowly she celebrated the sacrament of letting go. First she surrendered ...

We are enlightened folk who are not surprised at the timing and strength of labor pains. We know there are issues which cannot be side-stepp...

Mercy is indeed needed. It is an ever-present need. There are contexts and events that are not controlable but, nonetheless, need a response...

Jabon and Sisera are used by god to punish Israel. Deborah is used by god to punish the punishers, Jabon/Sisera, for their 20 years of punis...

This passage hinges on the word "afraid". The third "slave" (which is an important starting context) is claimed to be af...

I'm in the process of trying to shift my language from that of "kingdom" to that of "presence". From this week some ...

Just a note that jottings here will be intermittent, at best, during the next two weeks as I am traveling without a computer. May you travel...

Pentecost +26 – Year A 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 There will be grieving, but the way in which we grieve still has some choice available within...

Pentecost +26 – Year A Psalm 78:1-7 Dark sayings from the past do echo down the corridor of time. They bring with them a sense of stability ...

Pentecost +26 – Year A Joshua 24:1-25 The long journey is nearly over. Waiting for relief – along comes Joseph and his dreams – Crowned by p...