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August 2015

August 30, 2015
  Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 and/or Isaiah 35:4-7 What It’s About: I never quite know what to...
August 23, 2015
  Song of Solomon 2:8-13 What It’s About: These verses are standard Song of Solomon: the...
August 17, 2015
  1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-45 What It’s About: This is the prayer Solomon offered at the...
August 09, 2015
  1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 What It’s About: This passage is sort of the launch story...

July 2015

July 29, 2015
Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of...
July 26, 2015
What follows is a sermon I preached this morning, using 2 Samuel 11:1-15 as the...
July 19, 2015
Hello from Columbus, Ohio, where my home denomination, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are...
July 11, 2015
Greetings from sunny and muggy Hot Springs NC, where I am taking in one day...
July 05, 2015
  2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 and/or Amos 7:7-17 What It’s About: These are two very different...

June 2015

June 28, 2015
  2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 and/or Ezekiel 2:1-5 What It’s About: The 2 Samuel text is about...
June 16, 2015
I have been on the road lately, and will be for a while yet, first...
June 07, 2015
  1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 What It’s About: This is the story of the selection of David...

May 2015

May 31, 2015
Sometimes I complain that the lectionary texts are too thin--that there isn't enough to work...
May 27, 2015
What follows is a sermon that I preached on Pentecost Sunday. I used Acts 2:1-21...
May 24, 2015
Earlier this week I wrote a post that isn't on any of the week's lectionary...
May 22, 2015
There's an old saying that ministers should preach with the bible in one hand and...
May 18, 2015
Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 What It’s About: The lectionary provides two options here. And...
May 10, 2015
  Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 What It’s About: This is about Judas' replacement among the twelve. The...
May 03, 2015
Acts 10:44-48 What It’s About: It's about ethnicity (Jews and Gentiles are both in view), baptism,...

April 2015

April 26, 2015
  Acts 8:26-40 What It’s About: This is the story of the Ethiopian eunuch, who met...
April 19, 2015
  Acts 4:5-12 What It’s About: This is about Peter confessing his faith in front of...
April 12, 2015
Acts 3:12-19 What It’s About: Peter giving a speech about the resurrection. What It’s Really About: The...
April 05, 2015
  Acts 4:32-35 What It’s About: It's a hippie commune! What It’s Really About: Historians and bible...

March 2015

March 29, 2015
  Acts 10:34-43 What It’s About: Gentiles! This is about how Peter's accumulated experiences have led...
March 22, 2015
This week’s lectionary is a little bit different. This week, in contrast to most other...
March 15, 2015
Jeremiah 31:31-34 What It’s About: A new covenant between God and Israel and Judah. What It’s...
March 08, 2015
The lectionary giveth and the lectionary taketh away. Every minister I know (at least the...
March 01, 2015
Genesis 20:1-17 What It’s About: The Lenten lectionary is about covenants, but this is THE covenant....

February 2015

February 22, 2015
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 What It’s About: God’s covenant with Abraham and Sarah. What It’s Really...
February 16, 2015
It's the first Sunday of Lent this week. Here are some things to think about...
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