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December 2017

December 01, 2017

The Peripatetic Preacher: Reassessing Military Chaplains

Very few of my immediate family went into military service—none of my three brothers, nor...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Male Abusers: Hope When It Counts Isaiah 40:1-11

(Lectionary for December 10, 2017, Advent 2)The text for this second Sunday in Advent is...

November 29, 2017

Pay it Forward

I named this blog “The Peripatetic Preacher” some time ago, because I have in my...

November 28, 2017

Isaiah 64:1-9 More Magical Thinking

(Lectionary for Advent 1, December 3, 2017) The days preceding Christmas are often referred to...

November 16, 2017

A Search for a Good Shepherd

(Lectionary for November 26, 2017) When reading the prophet Ezekiel, an interpreter is often more...

November 03, 2017

We Need No More Of This! Reflections on Zephaniah 1

I am the first one to admit that the Bible has more than its share...

November 03, 2017

Judges 4 “Things Are Seldom What They Seem”

(Lectionary for November 19, 2017) I doubt many of you have preached many sermons from...

November 02, 2017

Reflections on Amos 5:18-24

In Dallas, Texas, at a small bus transfer station downtown, there is a large plaque...

November 02, 2017

True Freedom is Hard Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

(Lectionary for November 12, 2017) According to the book of Joshua, the people of Israel,...

November 01, 2017

Reflections on Micah 3:5 “8th Century Headlines”

Because I am writing this essay on the day after Halloween, and after walking with...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Whatever Happened to the Perizzites? Joshua 3:7-17

(Lectionary for November 5, 2017) One can never approach the book of Joshua without reflecting...

October 24, 2017

Those Dangerous and Difficult Priests: Reflections on Leviticus 19

It is very rare that the authors of the lectionary give us a text from...

October 23, 2017

The Death of Moses

( Lectionary for October 29, 2017) As the season formerly known as “Ordinary Time,” that...

October 17, 2017

Reflections on Is.45:1-7 “A Dangerous Theology”

As a long-time student of the Hebrew Bible, I naturally spend a good deal of...

October 16, 2017

Peek-a-Boo God

(Lectionary for October 22, 2017) I have long found the text for today richly delightful...

October 12, 2017

Reflections on Is 25:1-9 “The Song of the Ruthless Was Stilled”

I always try to be especially attentive to repeated words used in the Hebrew Bible....

October 11, 2017

Exodus 32:1-14 ” On the Road to Disaster”

(Lectionary for October 15, 2017) Once again we face perhaps the single best written narrative...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Reflections on Ezekiel 18 “Finding Fault”

It makes no difference which news source you access—Fox, MSNBC or somewhere in between—there is...

September 27, 2017

Demanding the Presence of God

(Lectionary for October 1, 2017) On the surface of this well-known story, we find a...

September 18, 2017

Reflections on Jonah

I have loved the book of Jonah from the first time I read it. It...

September 18, 2017

Greed!

(Lectionary for September 24, 2017) Greed seems much in favor these days. There is first...

September 11, 2017

Reflections on Genesis 50:15-21″The Trickiness of Forgiveness”

I have long believed that the famous forgiveness that Joseph offers his terrified brothers at...

September 11, 2017

Exodus 14:19-31 “Victory at Sea”

(Lectionary for September, 17, 2017) The very first time I visited Israel, now 40 years...

September 06, 2017

“Mischief, Mischief!”

I have stolen the title of today’s reflection on Ezekiel 33 from the musical horror...

September 05, 2017

How to Remember What You Need to Know

(Lectionary for September 10, 2107) The book of Exodus, despite our general memories of it,...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Reflections on Jeremiah 15:15-21

The alternative Hebrew Bible text for September 3, 2017 is one of the so- called...

August 28, 2017

“God’s Call–Again”

(Lectionary for September 3, 2017)If Moses at the burning bush is not the most famous...

August 20, 2017

Reflections on Isaiah 51:1-6: The Courage of Optimism

Rarely in the study of the Hebrew Bible can an interpreter be certain of the...

August 20, 2017

The Paranoia and Absurdity of Tyranny

(Lectionary for August 27,2017) The text the lectionary collectors have for us today has far...

August 16, 2017

Reflections on Isaiah 56:1-8

There can be no grander or more important text for our days than this beauty...

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