Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Lent 2B
Comments and Observations At first blush, Genesis 17 may not seem like a real likely Lenten text. But stay tuned in this sermon commentary and eventually we’ll come around to seeing how this text fits in with Lent after all and with also the Mark 8 passage assigned for this Second Sunday in Lent […]
Mark 1:9-15
Lent 1B
Comments, Observations, and Questions: Lent begins in the wilderness. And it’s not a terribly safe place to be all things being equal. Some years ago after a seminar I was attending in Tucson, Arizona, wrapped up around the noon hour, my wife and I decided to check out a nearby National Park. We took […]
Mark 1:9-15
Lent 1B
Lent begins in the wilderness. And it’s not a terribly safe place to be all things being equal. Some years ago after a seminar I was attending in Tucson, Arizona, wrapped up around the noon hour, my wife and I decided to check out a nearby National Park. We took a big bottle […]
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Lent 4A
In our first reading for this Fourth Sunday of Lent, we are introduced to the most famous king of Israel, David son of Jesse. It’s a favorite passage for many Bible students because of the parade of likely candidates from Jesse’s family, each of whom is rejected, and then the entrance of the least […]
1 Peter 3:18-22
Lent 1B
[…] over it without ever addressing this passage that’s both so theologically rich and, in some places, deeply mysterious. This Sunday marks the first in the season of Lent. It’s the season during which God’s dearly beloved people try to let the Spirit prepare our hearts to both remember Jesus’ deep suffering and celebrate how […]
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
Lent 1C
[…] for their coming battles, and they were heartened by it. On the other hand, our Lectionary reading from the Gospels (Luke 4:1-13) on this first Sunday of Lent tells us that the Devil quoted Psalm 91:11 and 12 in his climactic attempt to move Jesus to sin at the very beginning of his ministry. […]
Luke 13:1-9
Lent 3C
[…] explanation of why the Lectionary does it this way, let’s plunge ahead and take a look at what we have here. And what we have here fits Lent pretty well for some of the same reasons we detailed in last week’s set of sermon commentary ideas; namely, a text that gets at the urgency […]
Luke 15:1-2, 11-32
Lent 4C
[…] sings with a joy as wide as the cosmos when even the silliest sheep or the meanest of sons comes back and/or is found again. As a Lenten text, Luke 15 reminds us that for all its somber tones and focus on Jesus’ grim sacrifice and suffering, Lent is also a season of joy […]
John 12:1-8
Lent 5C
[…] overt things to say about also his own impending doom. But right in the middle of all that deathliness is this reading for the Fifth Sunday of Lent in Year C. Mary and Martha are throwing a dinner party in Jesus’ honor. Considering what Jesus had recently done for their little family unit in […]
John 2:13-22
Lent 3B
[…] he was. No one recognized him nor what he was really saying. But one day we will all see him for who he is. The message of Lent and Easter assures us of this. And as the Apostle Paul will later tell us, when we see him, we shall be made like him. Thanks […]
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