Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Lent 1C
[…] arrive in The Land. The Christian preacher may well wonder how to preach this quintessentially Jewish text in a Christian setting, particularly on this First Sunday of Lent. What on earth does Israel’s story as rehearsed in this uniquely Jewish ritual have to do with the story of Christ’s suffering and death? We are […]
John 3:1-17
Lent 2A
[…] we think it’s a simple, straightforward text. But it’s not. It was properly disorienting (and then, hopefully, RE-orienting) to the first person who ever heard these words. Lent is a time of disorientation for all of us who live like we have it all figured out. Lent knocks us sideways to remind us that […]
Lent 2: Christ the Hen
[…] I told them that my parents did not allow me to watch that particular show and so we should not have it on. The other kids re lented and soon I was nicely ensconced in front of their TV watching my heroes Johnny and Roy. As it happened, it was not true that my […]
Matthew 4:1-11
Lent 1A
[…] preach grace right alongside of preaching the bad news of our sin and our proneness to temptation. For believers, grace always has the last word (especially in Lent!). True, true, true. BUT . . . let’s also not forget that sometimes living lives of grace means living lives of suffering and self-denial. Jesus was […]
John 3:14-21
Lent 4B
[…] wilderness that, weirdly enough, became an instrument of healing to the snake-bitten Israelites at that time (that story is the Old Testament lection for this Sunday in Lent in Year B as well). When I was a child, somewhere in a children’s Bible storybook (or maybe it was on a painting my Sunday school […]
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Lent 3C
[…] time!” It’s all very disappointing on one level, of course, and that is perhaps why this sobering and disappointing text is assigned for the sobering Season of Lent. It was bad enough to watch Israel mess up again and again. But at least you could comfort yourself a bit and say “Well, yes, but […]
Lent Resources Year B
Home » You searched for Lent » Page 3 Year B Reflections The Year B Revised Common Lectionary is the year in the cycle that zooms in the most on The Gospel of Mark. As we did not long ago on our Advent resource page, we will begin here with a review of […]
Liturgical Season Resources
Liturgical Season Resources Home » You searched for Lent » Page 3 Advent Resources Advent Year B | Mark (2023) Advent Year A | Matthew Advent Year C | Luke Lent Resources Lent Year B | Mark & John (2024) Lent Year A | Matthew & John Lent Year C | Luke & John […]
Psalm 130
Lent 5A
[…] is called De Profundis in older Bibles—the Latin for “from the depths.” And that just might make this an appropriate preaching passage for the Fifth Sunday in Lent in the COVID-19 pandemic when many of us will not be able to gather in our sanctuaries with our congregations. The Gospel lection is the raising […]
Psalm 95
Lent 3A
The readings from the Psalms for this season of Lent are carefully and well chosen. We began our Lenten journey with Psalm 32, which sets the penitential tone of Lent while still calling us to rejoice in forgiveness. Psalm 121 gives Lenten pilgrims the deep assurance that Yahweh is watching over us as we […]
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