Sunday’s Coming
Monday lectionary email, archived here on Friday
Deborah’s unqualified greatness (Judges 4:1-7)
Judges 4 offers no explanation for how a woman could become such an impressive leader, because none is needed.
Enough oil for whom? (Matthew 25:1-13)
It is possible to be prepared and still miss something important.
Art that forms us (Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37)
Singing and dancing are even older forms of religious expression than stained glass or high crosses.
Worthy is the Lambkin (Revelation 7:9-17)
The book of Revelation presents a conflict with truly ludicrous odds.
Ode to Sister Cummings (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8)
Paul focuses on Christ—and then on others.
Naming the blessing (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
God may be found in anyone at any time.
Anxiety in the Israelites’ family system (Exodus 32:1-14)
Reading the golden calf story through family systems theory
The inimitable Paul (Philippians 3:4b-14)
He has the most obvious authorial voice in the New Testament.
A trustworthy word? (Matthew 21:23-32)
What an odd little parable. Neither son tells the truth.
Biases all around (Matthew 20:1-16)
Why does the landowner in Matthew 20 call the laborers lazy?
The limits of our convictions (Romans 14:1-12)
Paul assures us that conviction does not equal authority.
A text thick with tension (Exodus 12:1-14)
The Passover story is filled with competing ideas.
Paul’s ecosystem of love (Romans 12:9-21)
Romans 12 doesn’t give us a to-do list.
Saved for a purpose (Exodus 1:8-2:10)
The church’s job is to care for souls and bodies alike.
Once estranged (Psalm 133)
The psalmist compares unity to dew.
Could Reuben have done more for Joseph? (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)
Advocacy is costly.