RCL reflection, First Sunday of Advent, Year A. November 30, 2025. This week’s readings encourage us to be alert and wakeful. But to do that in today’s busy-busy world, we need our rest. Karen Johnson Kretschmann explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
This present time
RCL Lectionary Reflection, First Sunday of Advent, Year A, December 1, 2019
By living and savoring the present moment, we are able to piece together a life of moments lived in expectation and awareness—imagine a colorful quilt of unique patterns that tell a story and give meaning and contour to a life of discipleship and stewardship. Advent blesses us with the call to pay attention, to be awake, and to anticipate a different world order. (Photo: Allan Cleaver, Creative Commons)
The God of Second Chances
Narrative Lectionary Reflection for the Second Sunday in Lent, Year Three, March 12, 2017
I am thankful that God is a much better gardener than me and is willing to nurture underperforming plants through multiple chances. Even when we humans are ready to give up on one another, God still works to shore up the soil of our faith. What can we learn from the “Master Gardener”? How can we be better stewards and look for the best in one another? (Photo: Jonathan Rubio H., Creative Commons)
Ready or Not: Here Comes Jesus
Revised Common Lectionary Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent, Year A, November 27, 2016
Advent is a time for God’s faithful and generous people to be “ready” and flexible with time, talent, and treasure, even as we wait and watch for God’s incarnation among us. (Photo: Daniel X. O’Neil,
Expecting the Unexpected
Lectionary Reflection, First Sunday of Advent, Year A December 1, 2013 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour. — Matthew 24:44 What do you expect of this season? What does Advent mean to you? Is it a time of waiting and watching for glimpses of […]
