Revised Common Lectionary Page for 19 January 2014 (Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 49:1-7  • Psalm 40:1-11  • 1 Corinthians 1:1-9  • John 1:29-42 First of all, so that nobody has to say…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 October 2013 (Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Joel 2:23-32 and Psalm 65  • Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 and Psalm 84:1-7  • 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18  • Luke 18:9-14 Two things boggle my mind,…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 October 2013 (Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Psalm 119:97-104  • Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 121  • 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5  • Luke 18:1-8 When a passage in the Bible leaves us…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 October 2013 (Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Psalm 66:1-12  • 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111  • 2 Timothy 2:8-15  • Luke 17:11-19 Sometimes Biblical passages just beg…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 October 2013 (20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Lamentations 1:1-6 and Lamentations 3:19-26 or Psalm 137  • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 and Psalm 37:1-9  • 2 Timothy 1:1-14  • Luke 17:5-10 Habakkuk is one of those short…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 29 September 2013 (19th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16  • Amos 6:1a, 4-7 and Psalm 146  • 1 Timothy 6:6-19  • Luke 16:19-31 As I often do, I’m…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 22 September 2013 (18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C) Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9  • Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113  • 1 Timothy 2:1-7  • Luke 16:1-13 Yes, it’s been a while since I wrote…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 21 April 2013 (4th Sunday of Easter, Year C) Acts 9:36-43  •  Psalm 23  •  Revelation 7:9-17  •  John 10:22-30 I’ve taught Revelation, in its entirety, four times in the last…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 14 April 2013 (3rd Week of Easter, Year C) Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)  •  Psalm 30  • Revelation 5:11-14  • John 21:1-19 I suppose I could blame my own blindness with regards…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 31 March 2013 (Easter Sunday, Year C) Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25  • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24  • 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43  • John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12 Some of you might have suspected that I…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 February 2013 (First Sunday of Lent, Year C) Deuteronomy 26:1-11  •  Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16  •  Romans 10:8b-13  •  Luke 4:1-13 I tend to make much of the parallels between Moses…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 February 2013 (Transfiguration Sunday, Year C) Exodus 34:29-35  • Psalm 99  • 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2  • Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a) Returning to this episode in the gospels reminds me that I’ve…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 February 2013 (Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Jeremiah 1:4-10  •  Psalm 71:1-6  •  1 Corinthians 13:1-13  •  Luke 4:21-30 Popular acclaim can get ugly in a hurry.  Certainly that’s…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 January 2013 (Third Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10  • Psalm 19  • 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a  • Luke 4:14-21 “To fulfill” is one of…

  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…