True Wealth
Lectionary Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 29, 2013 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty...
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Lectionary Reflection, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Year C October 20, 2013 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell...
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Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 2014 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them...
View ArticleThe Bible Calls For Moral Action on Climate Change
When it comes to climate change, here is the moral narrative. What will your grandchildren’s grandchildren ask about why we, and why you, did not do what was necessary for them? Why were we so selfish...
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Narrative Lectionary for September 21, 2014 Genesis 39:1-23 “Joseph in Prison” The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there, he...
View ArticleConfession and Forgiveness
Narrative Lectionary Reflection for October 19, 2014 (Year One) 2 Samuel 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-9 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my...
View ArticleO Lord, How Long…
Narrative Lectionary Reflection, Year 1 November 30, 2014 (First Sunday of Advent) O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save? Why...
View ArticleNo Place Like Home
Narrative Lectionary Reflection for January 4, 2014 (Year 1) Second Sunday of Christmas When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Josepeh in Egypt and said, “Get up, take...
View ArticlePublic Stewards. Public Life.
Stewardship is part of every aspect of our lives, and responding faithfully to often polarizing issue in politics and culture can be a challenge. Public Faith in Action, a timely new release by...
View ArticleNo Time for Fear (or Loathing)
Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost Lectionary Reflection, November 18, 2012 In a climate of fear and loathing, how do this week's lessons speak to us as Christians? What is our response as we walk in...
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