In the Lectionary
September 16, Ordinary 24B (Mark 8:27-38)
Jesus' lesson in large-hearted theology
September 9, Ordinary 23B (Mark 7:24-37)
Did Jesus just call that woman a dog?
September 2, Ordinary 22B (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)
What does it mean to be seen as a defiled person?
August 26, Ordinary 21B (Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69)
Before judging individuals for their sin, we should try to understand the forces of evil influencing them.
August 19, Ordinary 20B (John 6:51-58)
Communion is not the only time we seek Jesus like a hungry baby.
August 12, Ordinary 19B (John 6:35, 41-51)
People must have gasped when Jesus opened his mouth and said 'I am.'
August 5, Ordinary 18B (John 6:24-35)
I have an enduring memory of bread I ate when I was four. Jesus' bread also abides.
July 29, Ordinary 17B (John 6:1-21)
At that deserted spot on the Sea of Galilee, Jesus could've used a grocery store.
July 22, Ordinary 16B (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56)
The apostles are on fire in this Gospel passage. I don't always get along with people like that.
July 15, Ordinary 15B (Mark 6:14-29)
Put your ear to the ground. You will not detect a single note of good news in the story of Herod, Herodias, and John.
July 8, Ordinary 14B (Mark 6:1-13)
The final lesson in Discipleship 101: learning to fall
July 1, Ordinary 13B (Mark 5:21-43)
The woman's presence in a crowd is an act of civil disobedience.
June 24, Ordinary 12B (Mark 4:35-41)
What do we miss when we seclude ourselves on safe shores of sameness?
June 17, Ordinary 11B (Mark 4:26-34)
My Western side longs for more activity in this parable, but I'm trying to listen to my Eastern side.
June 10, Ordinary 10B (Mark 3:20-35)
When Jesus names the need for deep social change, people think he's possessed.
June 3, Ordinary 9B (Mark 2:23-3:6)
It's inevitable that the story of Jesus healing in Capernaum won't end well.
May 27, Trinity Sunday (John 3:1-17)
John 3:16 is about crisis, but not the crisis of God brooding in heaven waiting on us to make a choice.
May 20, Pentecost B (John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15)
Jesus has gone underground. That's the setting of our Gospel reading this Pentecost.
May 13, Easter 7B (John 17:6-19)
Christian theology is a love story.
May 10, Ascension of the Lord (Luke 24:44-53)
The church organizes its life in the wake of absence.