The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 4, 2024 Isaiah 40:21-21; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; I Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 Today’s readings invite us to look at our lives and ministry from a wider perspective and to go from self-interest and nationalism to world loyalty. They call us to join the local and the global, to see the finite emerging from the infinite and the temporal rising from eternity. Theology and spirituality are intensely ethical in... Read more
Adventurous Lectionary -Christmas I -Dec. 31, 2023
The Adventurous Lectionary – December 31, 2023 – The First Sunday of Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Psalm 148 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:22-40 Our congregations need to be reminded that Christmas is a season not just a day. The twelve days of Christmas take us through incarnation, amazement, and tragedy. In celebrating the twelve days of Christmas, we embrace the tragic beauty of life and become midwives of divine embodiment. The first Sunday of Christmas often considered a “low Sunday” in spirit... Read more