Lectionary reflection, 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, Proper 21
As the most obese people on the planet, Americans need to do something about our poor health. But is our spiritual health much better? Fortunately, the Bible tells us clearly how to get into good spiritual shape! (Photo: CarbonNYC, Creative Commons)
What will you do?
RCL Reflection, Reign of Christ Sunday, Year A, November 22, 2020
We can draw many preaching points from the from the dramatic parable of the sheep and goats. One is that we have been grafted into God’s family, and by the gift of the Holy Spirit we are equipped to do kingdom work here and now. Let us enter into each day with gratitude and attention. We may never know when we will serve Jesus in the form of one of the “least of these.”
All-in abundance
RCL Reflection for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost Year A.
November 15, 2020
Oh, these problematic parables of Jesus! The longer one looks at them, ponders them, and teaches them, the more complex and compelling they become. Explore the parable of the three servants and talents and challenge yourself to understand a counter-cultural meaning with implications for justice in today’s world. (Image: Jesus Mafa, Creative Commons LIcense)
Exit, pursued by a loving God
Lectionary Reflection for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 27, Year A, November 8, 2020Jesus reminds us in this week’s parable that our job is to stay awake, to pay attention, because we never know what might happen next. Who would have predicted that 2020 would be like it has been? And yet Jesus has shown up in the midst of this year and will always show up.
And that is what we are
Revised Common Lectionary Reflection for All Saints Sunday Year A, November 1, 2020
Whatever style of worship or contextual situation wherein you find yourself, let’s make this Sunday one to remember our better angels, to give thanks for the faithful witness of so many people across time and space, and to focus on the radical and inclusive nature of God’s love for us. We need calm and healing in this crazy time. (Photo: Dilan Bozyel, Creative Commons)
Justified by grace; freed to love
RCL Reflection for Reformation Sunday Year A/21st Sunday after Pentecost Year A, October 25, 2020
Perhaps the reformation needed now is to use our freedom to love as Christ compels us. This love of God and neighbor is not optional; it is the very foundation of our faith and a visible, tangible sign of Christ’s body in the world. (Image: Elvert Barnes, Creative Commons)
It all belongs to God
RCL Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Year A
October 18, 2020
What belongs to God? A Christian knows, at least intellectually, that all things belong to God. But we don’t live as if that’s true. We’re all tested and tried as the world competes for our allegiances. This week’s gospel sets us straight. (Photo: NASA Universe, Creative Commons)
A strange story indeed
RCL Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, October 11, 2020
Here is a different take on the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. This week we learn how one non-conformist Jesus shows us a different path to real life—a life beyond the violence, hatred, power jockeying, and window dressing. And this, my friends, is very good news indeed.
A Covenant Vision of Community
RCL Reflection, 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, October 4, 2020
A little refresher course on the Ten Commandments and other faith basics is always appropriate, especially in these divisive times. Offering a fresh view of beloved community in light of our baptismal covenant is spot on. God desires relationship with us and provides good guidance to gather healthy, holy, and whole communities.
From me to we
RCL Reflection for September 27, 2020
God’s been focusing on community since God spoke everything into being with “let us,” not “let me.” We can’t do this difficult work on our own, but by the grace of God, the love of Christ, and the nudging of the Holy Spirit we can lean into community, converse across divides, and find common ground. (hoto: Wonder Woman0731, Creative Commons)
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