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August 2015

August 30, 2015

Faith, Works, and Being Human: The Lectionary for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 and/or Isaiah 35:4-7 What It’s About: I never quite know what to...

August 23, 2015

Love and Righteousness: The Lectionary for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Song of Solomon 2:8-13 What It’s About: These verses are standard Song of Solomon: the...

August 17, 2015

Powers and Principalities: The Lectionary for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-45 What It’s About: This is the prayer Solomon offered at the...

August 09, 2015

Bread and Wisdom: The Lectionary for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 What It’s About: This passage is sort of the launch story...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Wild Yeast and Open Fermentation: The Future of Progressive Christianity

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of...

July 26, 2015

The Sin of David: A Sermon on Power and (White) Privilege

What follows is a sermon I preached this morning, using 2 Samuel 11:1-15 as the...

July 19, 2015

The Dangers of Power and the Power of Setting the Table: The Lectionary for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Hello from Columbus, Ohio, where my home denomination, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are...

July 11, 2015

Dispatches from the Wild Goose: The Lectionary for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Greetings from sunny and muggy Hot Springs NC, where I am taking in one day...

July 05, 2015

Dances and Grudges: The Lectionary for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 and/or Amos 7:7-17 What It’s About: These are two very different...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

Prophets in their Hometowns: The Lectionary for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 and/or Ezekiel 2:1-5 What It’s About: The 2 Samuel text is about...

June 16, 2015

The Trials of David and the Doings of Jesus: The Lectionary for the Fourth and Fifth Sundays after Pentecost

I have been on the road lately, and will be for a while yet, first...

June 07, 2015

Kingdoms and Mustard Seeds: The Lectionary for the Third Sunday after Pentecost

1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 What It’s About: This is the story of the selection of David...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

Gods and Kings: The Lectionary for the Second Sunday after Pentecost

Sometimes I complain that the lectionary texts are too thin--that there isn't enough to work...

May 27, 2015

Tobacco, Church, and Nostalgia: A Sermon for Pentecost

What follows is a sermon that I preached on Pentecost Sunday. I used Acts 2:1-21...

May 24, 2015

Seraphs, Storms, and Being Born: The Lectionary for the first Sunday after Pentecost

Earlier this week I wrote a post that isn't on any of the week's lectionary...

May 22, 2015

Bonus Text: Josh Duggar and the Six Commandments

There's an old saying that ministers should preach with the bible in one hand and...

May 18, 2015

Labor Pains and Dry Bones: The Lectionary for Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 What It’s About: The lectionary provides two options here. And...

May 10, 2015

Apostles, Prayer, and Trees by Streams: The Lectionary for the Seventh Sunday of Easter

Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 What It’s About: This is about Judas' replacement among the twelve. The...

May 03, 2015

Vines and the Cosmos: The Lectionary for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Acts 10:44-48 What It’s About: It's about ethnicity (Jews and Gentiles are both in view), baptism,...

April 2015

April 26, 2015

Eunuchs, Vines, and Love: The Lectionary for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Acts 8:26-40 What It’s About: This is the story of the Ethiopian eunuch, who met...

April 19, 2015

Shepherds and Economics: The Lectionary for the Fourth Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:5-12 What It’s About: This is about Peter confessing his faith in front of...

April 12, 2015

Sanctuaries, Bodies, and Journeys: The Lectionary for the Third Sunday of Easter

Acts 3:12-19 What It’s About: Peter giving a speech about the resurrection. What It’s Really About: The...

April 05, 2015

Community and Tradition: The Lectionary for the Second Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:32-35 What It’s About: It's a hippie commune! What It’s Really About: Historians and bible...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Footraces and Kerygma: The Lectionary for Easter Sunday

Acts 10:34-43 What It’s About: Gentiles! This is about how Peter's accumulated experiences have led...

March 22, 2015

Palms and Passions: The Lectionary for the Sunday before Easter

This week’s lectionary is a little bit different. This week, in contrast to most other...

March 15, 2015

Seeds, Restoration, and Melchizedek: The Lectionary for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

Jeremiah 31:31-34 What It’s About: A new covenant between God and Israel and Judah. What It’s...

March 08, 2015

Snakes on a Plain: The Lectionary for the Fourth Sunday of Lent

The lectionary giveth and the lectionary taketh away. Every minister I know (at least the...

March 01, 2015

Stars, Foolishness, Cattle, and Mountaintops: The Lectionary for the Third Sunday of Lent

Genesis 20:1-17 What It’s About: The Lenten lectionary is about covenants, but this is THE covenant....

February 2015

February 22, 2015

Covenants and Identities: The Lectionary for the Second Sunday of Lent

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 What It’s About: God’s covenant with Abraham and Sarah. What It’s Really...

February 16, 2015

Waters and Wildernesses: The Lectionary for the First Sunday of Lent

It's the first Sunday of Lent this week. Here are some things to think about...

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