Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 January 2013 (Second Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 62:1-5  • Psalm 36:5-10  • 1 Corinthians 12:1-11  • John 2:1-11 People in my Christian tradition, and…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 January 2013 (Baptism of the Lord, Year C) Isaiah 43:1-7  • Psalm 29  • Acts 8:14-17  • Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Promises concerning Israel’s future are about restoring a past that…

Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide Brett McCracken 247 pp. Baker Books. $15.99. As is usually the case, I’m late to the game on this one.  McCracken’s book caused…

A New Evangelical Manifesto: A Kingdom Vision of the Common Good Edited by David P. Gushee 240 pp. Chalice Press. $24.99. I’ll go ahead and shoot straight here: when I…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 December 2012 (Second Sunday of Advent, Year C) Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4  • Luke 1:68-79  • Philippians 1:3-11  • Luke 3:1-6 Perhaps it’s because I’ve been re-reading Walter Brueggemann’s big Theology of…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 December 2012 (First Sunday of Advent, Year C) Jeremiah 33:14-16  • Psalm 25:1-10  • 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13  • Luke 21:25-36 People who know me, in person or…

Revised Common Lectionary Page fr 25 November 2012 (Reign of Christ, Year B) 2 Samuel 23:1-7 and Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18)  • Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93  • Revelation 1:4b-8  • John 18:33-37 First the bad excuse: As some of you…

Why Be a Christian (if No One Goes to Hell)? By Daniel Meeter 153 pp. Shook Foil. $9.99.  Ebook only. Meeter’s was not the first ebook I’ve ever read, but…

General Introduction – Nathan’s snottier than usual – David goes back to bed – Listener feedback Death in the Bible – A Psalm of Moses – Daniel speaks out –…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 14 October 2012 (20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15  •  Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17  • Hebrews 4:12-16  •  Mark 10:17-31 Seminary taught me many things…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 7 October 2012 (19th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) Job 1:1, 2:1-10 and Psalm 26  •  Genesis 2:18-24 and Psalm 8  •  Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12  •  Mark 10:2-16 When I preach this…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 30 September 2012 (18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 and Psalm 124  • Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 and Psalm 19:7-14  • James 5:13-20  • Mark 9:38-50 Once again departing from the…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 23 September 2012 (17th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) Proverbs 31:10-31 and Psalm 1  •  Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20 andPsalm 54  • James 3:13 – 4:3, 7-8a  • Mark 9:30-37…

It was 1851, at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio that a former slave stepped up to the platform and became one of the most powerful voices for Abolitionism and…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 September 2012 (14th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) Song of Solomon 2:8-13 and Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9  •  Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 and Psalm 15  • James 1:17-27  •  Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Ultimately…