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J. Scott Jackson

J. Scott Jackson is a theologian, independent scholar, and writer living in Northampton, Massachusetts.

November 1 – All Saints’ Day – BCP

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024 Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10, 13-14   Solomon praises his ancestors who enriched the eras in which they lived, whether...

November 1 – All Saints’ Day – RCL

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024 Wisdom 3:1-9   Even amid bleak circumstances, God’s people rest in his care, both in this life...

October 27 – 23 Pentecost – BCP

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson 23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024 Isaiah 59: (1-4 optional) 9-19   The prophet tells of God’s rising wrath against...

October 27 – 23 Pentecost – RCL

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson 23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024 Job 42:1-6, 10-17   Job responds to God’s rebuke with the same loyalty that...

S.W. Floridians Clean Up After Hurricane Milton

Bishop Douglas Scharf: “I’ve lived in Florida most of my life, and I have not seen two storms that have affected a good portion of this part of Florida back-to-back like this.”

We Are Able (Pent. 22, Year B)

When Jesus asks James and John whether they can “drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,” without any hesitation they answer, “We are able.”

Proclaiming

Daily Devotional • October 14 A Reading from Luke 8:26-39 26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 As he stepped...

Theology as Teaching and Contemplation

When I worked on my doctorate at the University of Virginia around the turn of the century, I was blessed to train under some...

God’s Presence

Daily Devotional • October 13 A Reading from Micah 6:1-8 1 Hear what the Lord says:     Rise, plead your case before the mountains,     and let the hills hear...

Awesome God

Daily Devotional • October 12 Psalm 104 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;      O LORD my God, how excellent is your greatness!     you are clothed with majesty...