In the Lectionary
Sunday, February 17, 2013 (Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13)
Where Moses reassured his listeners with the word when, the devil tempts Jesus with the word if.
Ash Wednesday: Isaiah 58:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Isaiah gives voice to God. God is amazed at our epistemic closure.
Sunday, December 9, 2012: Luke 3:1-6
In the Broadway show Book of Mormon, Elder Cunningham faces a problem. In an effort to gird his loins, he rocks out the hit "Man Up."
Sunday, November 18, 2012 (Daniel 12:1-3; Mark 13:1-8)
Apocalyptic visions generate fear. Fear needs its antidote: love.
Ordinary 30B: Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Hebrews 7:23-28
After slogging through 41 chapters of misery and god-awful suffering, Job’s world is suddenly put right again in just six verses.