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March 2016

March 28, 2016
Acts 5:27-32 What It’s About: Of the four gospels in the New Testament canon, only Luke...
March 19, 2016
There are lots of choices this week--which makes sense, because it's a pretty big day...
March 14, 2016
There are two ways to go on the Sunday before Easter. One is to celebrate...
March 07, 2016
Isaiah 43:16-21 What It’s About: This is a recapitulation of the exodus from Egypt--a remembering of...

February 2016

February 29, 2016
Joshua 5:9-12 What It’s About: This is the story of the first passover celebrated after leaving...
February 22, 2016
Isaiah 55:1-9 What It’s About: I see in this passage two major focus points: the present and...
February 16, 2016
  Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 What It’s About: This is God's covenant with Abraham (nee Abram), which...
February 08, 2016
  Deuteronomy 26:1-11 What It’s About: This passage operates on several levels. It's an institution of...
February 01, 2016
  Exodus 34:29-35 What It’s About: This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday, and so the Hebrew Bible...

January 2016

January 24, 2016
  Jeremiah 1:4-10 What It’s About: This is Jeremiah's call story, where God comes to him...
January 17, 2016
  Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 What It’s About: This is a famous and very consequential scene...
January 10, 2016
  Isaiah 62:1-5 What It’s About: The land is married--what a metaphor. This is a jubilant passage,...
January 03, 2016
  Isaiah 43:1-7 What It’s About: This is a prophetic text, and prophetic texts often operate...

December 2015

December 30, 2015
  Jeremiah 31:7-14 What It’s About: This is one of a series of jubilant oracles from...
December 20, 2015
  1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 What It’s About: This is an episode from the life of...
December 13, 2015
  Micah 5:2-5a What It’s About: This is a prophetic text, and in the tradition of...
December 06, 2015
  Zephaniah 3:14-20 What It’s About: Hey, it's a Zephaniah sighting! I love these texts from...

November 2015

November 29, 2015
    Baruch 5:1-9 and/or Malachi 3:1-4 What It’s About: The Baruch text is about restoration...
November 22, 2015
  Jeremiah 33:14-16 What It’s About: It's Advent! Advent is perhaps the most peculiar of the...
November 15, 2015
  2 Samuel 23:1-7 and/or Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 What It’s About: These passages are both about...
November 08, 2015
  1 Samuel 1:4-20 and/or Daniel 12:1-3 What It’s About: These are both texts about promises,...
November 01, 2015
  Ruth 3:1-5, 13-17 and/or 1 Kings 17:8-16 What It’s About: These are both passages about...

October 2015

October 25, 2015
There are so many ways to go this week! There is a set of lectionary...
October 18, 2015
  Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and/or Jeremiah 37:7-14 What It’s About: Both of these passages are about...
October 11, 2015
  Job 38:1-7 and/or Isaiah 53:4-12 What It’s About: The Job text is the part...
October 04, 2015
  Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and/or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 What It’s About: The Job text is about...

September 2015

September 28, 2015
  Job 1:1, 2:1-10 or Genesis 2:18-24  What It’s About: This is a really strange juxtaposition of...
September 20, 2015
  Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22 What It’s About: This is the story of Esther, queen...
September 13, 2015
  Proverbs 31:10-31 What It’s About: This is that famous passage of Proverbs that often gets...
September 06, 2015
  Proverbs 1:20-33 or Isaiah 50:4-9 What It’s About: These are two very different texts with a...
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