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From Wrath to Worth

Lectionary Reflection for the 4th Sunday in Lent March 18, 2012 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus… Read more»

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Marketplace or Holy Space?

Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent March 11, 2012 He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!’ — John 2:16 Are you familiar with this story? Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover and ends up cleaning house… Read more»

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Of Saints and Sinners

Lectionary Reflection for the Second Sunday in Lent, March 4, 2012
This week’s lessons invite us to consider the lives of those we hold in esteem as pillars of faith. We remember them for their faith and for the way in which they point us to God. They take up their cross not for glory but because of the One whom they serve. (Photo by Oggie Dog used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Signs of the Time

Lectionary Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent, Year B
Time is in short supply in our age, yet the call to the spiritual disciplines of Lent asks us to reconsider time. The time is fulfilled, and we are living into that fulfillment. (Photo by opendemocracy used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!0

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Choice and Consequence

Lectionary Reflection for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, February 12, 2012
Choices always come with consequences. Jesus understood this, but he chose to heal the leper anyway. He knew the risks his healing could bring. What about us? Are we willing to risk being a part of the healing of this world? (Photo by Dare*to*Dream used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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What We Come to Do

Lectionary Reflection for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 5, 2012

Dear colleagues in ministry, this week’s lessons offer hope for the weary, the wounded, the wanderer, and you. God loves you and wants to lift you up so that you can continue what you came to do. (Photo by Carl Chapman used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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About Authority…

Lectionary Reflection for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany January 29, 2012 They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching – with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. –… Read more»

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What Time Is It?

Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, January 22, 2012.
What time is it? It’s time to respond to God’s call, to turn from all that would distract and distance you, and to believe in the amazing good news. There’s no time like the present to follow Jesus. (Photo by Alan Cleaver used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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You Are Invited

Lectionary Reflection for the Second Sunday after Epiphany
January 15, 2012
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” asks Nathanael. Many folks today ask the same thing about the church. You are invited to open your eyes, to come and see. (Photo by Hans van de Bruggen used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Holy Collision!

Lectionary Reflection for the Baptism of our Lord
January 8, 2012
Mark’s gospel propels us like carnival bumper cars into a holy collision of water, Word, and Spirit. Are you ready? This is no Sunday for “nicey-nice” tame imagery in the presence of the Creator who brought life from chaos and salvation from sin. (Photo by Paul Holloway used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)