Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 July 2011 (Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 •Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 July 2011 (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 25:19-34 and Psalm 119:105-112 •Isaiah 55:10-13 and Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13 •Romans 8:1-11 •Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 July 2011 (Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 and Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13 •Zechariah 9:9-12 and Psalm 145:8-14 •Romans 7:15-25a…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 19 June 2011 (Trinity Sunday, Year A) Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Psalm 8 •2 Corinthians 13:11-13 •Matthew 28:16-20 This will be a brief post because I’m…

Due to VBS ramping up at Athens Christian Church this week and Nathan Gilmour’s traveling north (where Internet time is even more limited than it tends to be at home),…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 5 June 2011 (Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 1:6-14 •Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 •1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 •John 17:1-11 The texts of the New…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 29 May 2011 (Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 17:22-31 •Psalm 66:8-20 •1 Peter 3:13-22 •John 14:15-21 I have read enough on the theory…

Revised Common Lectionary page for 22 May 2011 (Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 7:55-60 •Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 •1 Peter 2:2-10 •John 14:1-14 This passage reminds me of two…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 8 May 2011 (Third Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 2:14a, 36-41 •Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 •1 Peter 1:17-23 •Luke 24:13-35 Today’s reading from the first…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 1 May 2011 (Second Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 2:14a, 22-32 •Psalm 16 •1 Peter 1:3-9 •John 20:19-31 Thomas wasn’t there, and that matters.…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 24 April 2011 (Easter, Year A) Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 •Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 •Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 •John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 I’ll admit that, in…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 April 2011 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 •Matthew 21:1-11 Since my birthday falls in mid-April, I’ve had birthdays that have fallen all over Holy Week.  I…

I am sorry that there will be no Bible post this week.  This weekend I preached at Athens Christian Church’s Sunday morning service, and rather than write my weekly Bible…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 April 2011 (Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 •Psalm 23 •Ephesians 5:8-14 •John 9:1-41 This Bible post is a bit different…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 March 2011 (Third Sunday of Lent, Year A) Exodus 17:1-7 •Psalm 95 •Romans 5:1-11 •John 4:5-42 I remember a palpable disappointment when I learned…