Sunday's Readings
Removing Mountains (Advent 2, Year C)
Dec. 8 | Advent 2, Year C
Bar. 5:1-9 or Mal. 3:1-4
Cant. 4 or Cant. 16
Phil. 1:3-11
Luke 3:1-6
The prophet Malachi voices the promise that the...
The Ancient-Future Promise (Advent 1, Year C)
Dec. 1 | Advent 1, Year C
Jer. 33:14-16
Ps. 25:1-9
1 Thess. 3:9-13
Luke 21:25-36
The late Robert Webber, in his Ancient-Future book series, developed the concept of...
King of Heaven (Last Sunday After Pentecost, Year B)
God will ultimately reign as King through his Son in peace and order by the perfect exercise of power and authority.
Theo-Drama (Pent. 26, Year B)
In this mortal life, the chalice of God will always be mixed with sorrow.
Small Beginnings (Pent. 25, Year B)
The Lord wants our love pouring out from the heart, vibrating in the mind, searing the soul, going from strength to strength.
Generative Love (Pent. 24, Year B)
In loving another person, love is generative. Love-making is life-making, for loving is a way toward love itself, life itself, the hidden ground of love.
Jesus Answers Job (Pent. 23, Year B)
Our sufferings and our bitter argument against the apparent silence of God are deeply heard and deeply felt by he who bears them.
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.”
Riches of God (Pent. 21, Year B)
Jesus is poor. Following him requires poverty of spirit and detachment from the relative good of this world.
The Body (Pentecost 20, Year B)
October 6 | Pentecost 20, Year B
Job 1:1; 2:1-10 or Gen. 2:18-24
Ps. 26 or Ps. 8
Heb. 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Mark 10:2-16
Who will deliver us from this...
Such a Time as This (Pent. 19, Year B)
A fearful providence shone directly upon Queen Esther. “Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.”
Two Sides of Obedience (Pent. 18, Year B)
Proverbs 31 and Psalm 1 describe the peace of soul that can result from a combination of obeying God and not eating any “bread of idleness.”
Christ in the World (Pentecost 17, Year B)
September 15 | Pentecost 17, Year B
Prov. 1:20-33 or Isa. 50:4-9a
Ps. 19 or Wis. 7:26-8:1 or Ps. 116:1-8
James 3:1-12
Mark 8:27-38
Ask any teacher. Students who...
He Lifts Up the Lowly (Pent. 16, Year B)
Sometimes an ethical injunction that may seem obvious has been passed down precisely because it was once far from obvious.
A New Heart (Pentecost 15, Year B)
Of the many fruits of the Spirit, perhaps nothing is more important than unity, peace, and bonds of love.
A New City (Pentecost 14, Year B)
Our patriarch, Abraham, left everything and all other gods in pursuit of the one true God.
Wisdom’s Beginning (Pentecost 13, Year B)
“Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars” (Prov. 9:1).
Get Up and Eat (Pentecost 12, Year B)
Running for his life, thoroughly exhausted and emotionally spent, Elijah prays for the release of death.
Living Bread (Pentecost 11, Year B)
“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.”
Food in Due Season (Pentecost 10, Year B)
Jesus stands before a hungry crowd. He has compassion on them.
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