Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary readings by pastors, preachers, and biblical scholars
It’s almost as if power and prestige somehow facilitate abusive patterns and protect perpetrators!
An exhausted Jesus responds to the crowd with compassion. I think that’s a miracle.
Who knows what took place in Herod’s guilty heart after John’s death?
The disciples want to know who Jesus is. The people from his hometown do not.
Maybe the Song of the Bow is an Iron Age propaganda drop. Or maybe it’s just a song.
When David steps out to challenge Goliath, he shifts from the acted upon to the actor.
Paul has been wounded by the church, but he is driven to keep engaging.
Samuel is a good leader, until he isn’t.
Opening up space and time in our lives is one way to invite God to speak.
Sometimes being truly free in the Spirit means being deeply bound to the outworking of God’s mission in the world.
Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.
In meditating on the words of scripture, I discover a Word who meditates on me.
In his final moments on earth, Jesus delivers a last lecture—with footnotes.
The Christian faith often gives friendship short shrift.
In biblical Greek, the word we translate as “abide” is active rather than passive.
A dead shepherd isn’t helpful to anyone, least of all to the sheep left behind.
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