Revised Common Lectionary Page for 12 February 2012 (Sixth Sunday of Advent, Year B) 2 Kings 5:1-14  • Psalm 30  • 1 Corinthians 9:24-27  • Mark 1:40-45 2 Kings 5 begins with an assertion that YHWH…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 5 February 2012 (Fifth Sunday of Epiphany, Year B) Isaiah 40:21-31  • Psalm 147:1-11, 20c  • 1 Corinthians 9:16-23  • Mark 1:29-39 This week’s gospel reading is one…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 22 January 2012 (Third Sunday of Epiphany, Year B) Jonah 3:1-5, 10  • Psalm 62:5-12  • 1 Corinthians 7:29-31  • Mark 1:14-20 The way I read the Bible has changed over…

Jesus > Religion on YouTube I didn’t want to watch this video.  I certainly didn’t want to write about it.  But after it appeared for the eighth time or so…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 15 January 2012 (Second Sunday of Epiphany, Year B) 1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20)  •  Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18  • 1 Corinthians 6:12-20  • John 1:43-51 As far as I’m concerned (that’s not…

Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don’t Have to Do by Phillip Cary 197 pp.  Brazos Press.  $14.99. Phillip Cary was one of the best guests ever…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 8 January 2012 (First Sunday of Epiphany, Year B) Genesis 1:1-5  • Psalm 29  • Acts 19:1-7  • Mark 1:4-11 “He found disciples” is the most fascinating sentence…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 1 January 2012 (First Sunday after Christmas, Year B) Isaiah 61:10-62:3  • Psalm 148  • Galatians 4:4-7  • Luke 2:22-40 When people tell their own stories, we always…

Check back in the next couple days for this week’s Lectionary post. Christmas celebrations have delayed but not canceled it.

Insurrection: To Believe Is Human, To Doubt Divine. by Peter Rollins 185 pp.  Howard Books.  $16.00. In 2009 I started a journey into existentialism, a body of philosophy and literature…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 25 December 2011 (The Nativity of the Lord, Year B) Isaiah 9:2-7  • Psalm 96  • Titus 2:11-14  • Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) I did preach the Sunday morning sermon on Easter…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 18 December 2011 (Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B) 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16  • Luke 1:46b-55 or Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26   • Romans 16:25-27   • Luke 1:26-38 Once again, I’ll be preaching this text…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 11 December 2011 (Third Sunday of Advent, Year B) Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11  •  Psalm 126 or Luke 1:46b-55  •  1 Thessalonians 5:16-24   •  John 1:6-8, 19-28   If the small number of history…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 4 December 2011 (Second Sunday of Advent, Year B) Isaiah 40:1-11  •  Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13  •  2 Peter 3:8-15a   •  Mark 1:1-8 Over the years, since I discovered in 1996 that…

Revised Common Lectionary Readings for 27 November 2011 (First Sunday of Advent, Year B) Isaiah 64:1-9  • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19  • 1 Corinthians 1:3-9  • Mark 13:24-37 The new Church year is upon…