Sunday’s Coming
Monday lectionary email, archived here on Friday
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.
Changed by struggle (Genesis 32:22-31)
The challenges we face might not be ordained by God, but they can teach us things.
So many parables (Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52)
Five is too many to preach about.
Parable and explanation? (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)
It is hard to square the Jesus of Matthew 13:36–43 with the Jesus of verses 24–30.
Are we in or out? (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
In Matthew, the actions of the community of faith do not affect the coming of the kingdom—but they do matter.
Missing the point (Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
Sometimes we walk into a situation open only to our own expectations and judgments.