RCL reflection for Proper 24, Year A, October 22, 2023.
Questions of all sorts and for all kinds of purposes take center stage in this week’s Gospel. We can learn much! Deacon Timothy Siburg explores.
We all are invited to God’s sumptuous feast
RCL Reflection for Proper 23, Year A. October 15, 2023.
This week’s readings provide images of sumptuous meals that God prepares for God’s people. Preachers can use them to talk about God’s abundant providence and mercy. Elaine Ramshaw explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Cultivate a harvest of grace and gratitude
RCL reflection, Proper 22, Year A, October 8, 2023.
This week’s Gospel urges us to ask how we are tending the fruits of God’s vineyard. Are we cultivating sweet grapes of grace or extracting all that we can without thought for others? Do we sow gratitude at every chance?
What is the source of true spiritual authority?
RCL Reflection for Proper 21, Year A.
October 1, 2023.
Questioning authority goes to the heart of the matter in this week’s Gospel lesson, as the religious leaders grill Jesus about his his table-turning work. The question is still important for us to ponder today. The Rev. Elisabeth Hartwell explores.
‘But it’s not fair!’
RCL Reflection for Proper 20, Year A. Sept. 24, 2023.
God gives away love, mercy and forgiveness so freely that it may seem unfair to us. Human nature feels anger and jealousy. But generosity is God’s nature, and our faithful response is to be grateful for all God gives us. Deacon Timothy Siburg explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
The mathematics of manumission = freedom in forgiveness
RCL Reflection, Proper 19A, Sept. 17, 2023. Who benefits more from forgiveness—the one forgiven or the one who forgives? Considering this question leads to some important answers, strange mathematics, and hard work. Are you ready? (Photo: FeatheredTar, Creative Commons License)
Messy discipleship
Revised Common Lectionary reflection, Proper 18, Year A, September 10, 2023.
Ministry is messy. There is no way to be involved in the work of God without getting dirt under our fingernails and confronting the debris of broken lives and dreams. The key is all in how we handle it. (Photo: Frame It Photography, Creative Commons)
No easy way out
RCL Reflection, Proper 17, Year A, Sept. 3, 2023. What on earth did Peter say or do that Jesus calls him “Satan”? Especially since Jesus had just told him of Peter’s key role in the future church? Maybe it’s Peter’s impression that the discipleship path is trouble-free. The Rev. Elisabeth Hartwell explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Who do you say that I am? The body of Christ together
RCL Reflection, Proper 16, Year A, Aug. 27, 2023. Life has its ups and down, but we don’t experience them alone, but in the marvelous company of the body of Christ, where each of us has unique giftings and callings. Deacon Timothy Siburg explores.
Should we feed ‘the dogs’ or just ‘the children’?
RCL Reflection for, Proper 15A, August 20, 2023. Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman parallels the old question of how we use church resources. Should we care primarily for ourselves or others? How do we draw a balance between the two? Elaine Ramshaw explores. (Photo: Chris Potter, Creative Commons)
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