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August 2017

August 16, 2017

Divine and Human Power

(Lectionary for August 20, 2017) As I have stated before in these articles, I do...

August 03, 2017

Looking for God in All the Wrong Places: Reflections on 1 Kings 19

I begin today with a caveat: it is exceedingly dangerous and foolhardy to announce just...

August 02, 2017

Chip Off the Old Block

(Lectionary for August 13, 2017 The fourth and final section of the book of Genesis...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Reflections on Isaiah 55:1-5

The greatest enemy I face in my advancing years is cynicism. So much of the...

July 31, 2017

Who in the World…?

(Lectionary for August 6, 2017) Of all the texts in the book of Genesis, this...

July 21, 2017

Reflections on I Kings 3:5-12 “Nothing New About Spin”

I want to commend to you a book that I have long known and loved....

July 20, 2017

Genesis 29:15-28 “What Goes Around…Stories Told for the Fun of It”

( Lectionary for July 30, 2017) It is very hard to read this particular part...

July 18, 2017

Bigoted Theology: Reflections on Wisdom of Solomon 12

As I announced some weeks ago, I intend to base my second blog post each...

July 17, 2017

Clueless in Bethel?

(Lectionary for July 23, 2017) The next lectionary installment of the tale of Jacob jumps...

July 10, 2017

The Strange Task of Preaching: Isaiah 55:10-13

There is little doubt that preaching in 2017 is an especially absurd and dangerous task.

July 10, 2017

Fools Rush In?

(Lectionary for July 16, 2017) Today begins the tragi-comic tale of Jacob and his children...

July 07, 2017

Reflections on Zechariah 9:9-12

My NRSV Bible, as yours I imagine, heads every section of the biblical account with...

July 07, 2017

Pastoral Peace?

(Lectionary for July 9, 2107) There are few occasions in the saga of Genesis where...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Dueling Prophets on the Fourth of July: Jeremiah 28

More monumental foolishness and dangerous demagoguery are uttered on July 4 in this country than...

June 29, 2017

A Truly Awful Story

( Lectionary for July 2, 2017) One of the very first sermons I published for...

June 23, 2017

The Pain of Prophecy: A Reflection on Jeremiah 20:7-18

Since I have ended my screeds against Donald Trump, based on biblical characters, which I...

June 22, 2017

Laughter into Darkness

(Lectionary for June 25,2017) Last week’s lection gave us the serio-comic scene of the birth...

June 14, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Comment and Apology

Over the past months, since the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the...

June 13, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Trump and Samson

The figure of Samson in the Hebrew Bible presents a portrait more influenced by...

June 13, 2017

Laughter and Its Consequences

(Lectionary for June 18, 2107) I first must apologize for my failure to write for...

June 02, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Trump, Jephthah, and Vows

I write this only one day after President Donald Trump pulled the US out of...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

We Are All Prophets!”

( Lectionary for June 4, 2017) It is well nigh inconceivable that a preacher would not...

May 25, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Trump Tower and the Tower of Babel

The photographic image of Donald Trump’s signature tower in New York City has appeared in...

May 22, 2017

Two White-Robed Strangers

(Lectionary for May 28, 2017) Here we are at the last Sunday before Pentecost, and...

May 17, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Donald Trump and the Book of Revelation

Now, I know what you may be thinking. I have been after our 45th president...

May 16, 2017

Three Cheers for the Athenians!

(Lectionary for May 21, 2017) “Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would...

May 02, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Trump and Joseph

I have had the chance now to witness 100 days of the Donald Trump presidency,...

May 02, 2017

The First Christian Community–and Ours

(Lectionary for May 7, 2017) “From each according to their ability; to each according to...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

The Bible as Mirror: Trump and Peter

As we once again exit the events at Easter, I was reminded of the craven...

April 25, 2017

Moving with the Gospel

I must begin with an apology. I have not been able to write my usual...

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