Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Jeremiah 1:4-10

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Year C - Epiphany 4 or Guiding Gift 4 January 31, 2016 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Jeremiah is a good reminder of the ease with which we can...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Luke 4:21-30

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Year C - Epiphany 4 or Guiding Gift 4 January 31, 2016 Luke 4:21-30 Its not the fall that kills, but the stopping too quickly. (...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

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Year C - Epiphany 3 or Guiding Gift 3 January 24, 2016 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a We periodically get confused about how to measure...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Psalm 19

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Year C - Epiphany 3 or Guiding Gift 3 January 24, 2016 Psalm 19 Following the numerological significance of sevens, we jump in. ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

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Year C - Epiphany 3 or Guiding Gift 3 January 24, 2016 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 There are hooks aplenty here for the institutio...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Luke 4:14-21

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Year C - Epiphany 3 or Guiding Gift 3 January 24, 2016 Luke 4:14-21 In three big jumps we move from baptismal belovedness to mot...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Isaiah 62:1-5

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Year C - Epiphany 2 or Guiding Gift 2 January 17, 2016 Isaiah 62:1-5 “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

John 2:1-11

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Year C - Epiphany 2 or Guiding Gift 2 January 17, 2016 John 2:1-11 Here, in Cana of Galilee of all places, “the heavens opened a...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Psalm 29

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Year C - Epiphany 1 or Beloved January 10, 2016 Psalm 29 What voice of G*D is able to speak through star-shine? The same voi...

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

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Year C - Epiphany or Guiding Gift January 6, 2016 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 I have just been introduced to a new Psalm resource: Openin...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Isaiah 43:1-7

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Year C - Epiphany 1 or Beloved January 10, 2016 Isaiah 43:1-7 There is no dark night of the soul for those whom G*D calls by nam...

Isaiah 60:1-9

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Year C - Epiphany or Guiding Gift January 6, 2016 Isaiah 60:1-9 Lift up your eyes. How else are you going to hitch your life to a...
Monday, January 04, 2016

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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Year C - Epiphany 1 or Beloved January 10, 2016 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 When Preaching magazine was launched in 1985, their list of...

Matthew 2:1-12

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Year C - Epiphany or Guiding Gift January 6, 2016 Matthew 2:1-12 Eden is probably far from the intent of this passage and yet the...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Ephesians 1:3-14

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Year C - Christmas 2 or Blessed Body 2 January 3, 2015 Ephesians 1:3-14 Assignment: Name one “spiritual blessing in the heavenly...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21

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Year C - Christmas 2 or Blessed Body 2 January 3, 2015 Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 In the midst of difficulty we not only need Ho...

Psalm 147:12-20

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Year C - Christmas 2 or Blessed Body 2 January 3, 2015 Psalm 147:12-20 An ordinance by any other name is still an ordinance. An ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Sirach 24:1-12

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Year C - Christmas 2 or Blessed Body 2 January 3, 2015 Sirach 24:1-12 How much like Wisdom are you? Is everything you do justifi...

Jeremiah 31:7-14

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Year C - Christmas 2 or Blessed Body 2 January 3, 2015 Jeremiah 31:7-14 Oh, sure, rejoice now with a return after exile. G*D sen...
Monday, December 28, 2015

John 1:10-18

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Year C - Christmas 2 or Blessed Body 2 January 3, 2015 John 1:10-18 You are in the world! As such you are shaping the current wo...