1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
Easter 7A
[…] Peter 4 and 5 might even explore the list with our hearers. Of course, in this strange time of pandemic, many of those cares are related to COVID-19 and its repercussions. Our cares include concerns about those we love and ourselves getting sick from it or even dying of it. They include worries about […]
Psalm 8
Trinity Sunday A
[…] our devices and screens to focus on what is really important in life. There has been precious little anyone has found to be remotely good about the COVID-19 pandemic. Mostly this has been a sorrowful, disrupting, deadly disaster whose end is not yet even in sight. However, a lot of people on social media […]
Philippians 1:21-30
Proper 20A
[…] is elected the American president and other leaders, “conduct yourselves,” we hear Paul say, “in a manner worthy of the gospel” (27). Whatever happens with and to COVID-19, “conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel.” Whatever happens in pursuit of racial justice and reconciliation, “conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the […]
1 Peter 2:19-25
Easter 4A
[…] suffer even more if they spoke up against their unjust treatment. Those who proclaim 1 Peter 2 this Sunday might think about how this applies to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s becoming clear that it disproportionately impacts people who are materially needy. Things like lopsided rates of infection, job loss or work-related health risks give […]
Romans 8:26-39
Proper 12A
[…] characteristic of her life. It’s now easy for people to wonder if things like this global pandemic and systemic racism will have the last word. Cases of COVID-19 are rising across the world, with the United States “leading” the way. The virus remains resistant to easy understanding of it. What’s more, the vaccine on […]
Hebrews 5:5-10
Lent 5B
[…] cried about the serious illness and decline of people we love and like. Perhaps in the last year we’ve especially grieved the wide swath of devastation the COVID-19 pandemic has cut. The cries of the world for the virus’ 2.5 plus million victims plus countless more people who have suffered from its various affects […]
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Pentecost A
[…] a creature, it lives and has life. If God stops breathing on that creature, it dies. I suppose that long about now as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, pondering the very breath in our lungs has peculiar poignance for us. The prospect of a virus quite literally stealing the air from our chests […]
Ephesians 5:15-20
Proper 15B
[…] of ‘our Lord Jesus Christ’.” Even the wisest and godliest preachers and teachers struggle to give thanks to God for horrors like the abuse of a child, COVID-19, dementia and climate change. Yet we can only even just begin to do so as we let the Spirit not only fill us, but also help […]
Matthew 14:13-21
Proper 13A
[…] own emotional trainwreck, he manages to bring forth an abundance of life and joy. How often have we seen Christ-like examples of this during this time of COVID-19 pandemic? How often haven’t we seen exhausted and emotionally drained (if not also emotionally scarred) doctors and nurses soldier on in a desperate attempt to bring […]
Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
Proper 8A
[…] is not the cheeriest message one could hear. Particularly in this time of 2020 as we are experiencing both the sorrow and fright of the pandemic of COVID-19 and also experiencing the tensions and sorrows of racial unrest in the wake of the unjust killing of more black people, we maybe are not overly […]
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