Philippians 4:1-9
Proper 23A
[…] year of our Lord 2020 draw to a close at the end of December. It has been, after all, to say the least, a most stressful year. COVID-19 has wreaked almost unimaginable havoc on countless lives, jobs and institutions. North Americans are struggling with racial injustice and renewed calls for racial justice. Americans are […]
Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25
Proper 28B
The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate it have changed the way at least some Christians have met or are currently “meeting together” (25). Restrictions have forced at least some of us to meet together remotely rather than in the same building. Restrictions have also forced some Christians to worship somewhat differently even when […]
John 20:19-31
Easter 2A
Locked inside because of fear. Sound familiar to anyone? Well, alas, yes it does just now. We will loop back to this COVID-19 related thought below but first let’s look at the disciple at the center of this post-Easter story. Poor Thomas. He is the classic example of the old saying, “Make just one […]
John 14:1-14
Easter 5A
“Let not your hearts be troubled . . .” If ever there were a word for our COVID-19 moment, this would be it. And in more ways than the merely obvious one. As we will explore, most of the time when someone—even when it’s Jesus—tells you to NOT let your heart be troubled it […]
John 11:1-45
Lent 5A
[…] Death, is thy sting? Why, it’s just about everywhere, seeing as you asked!” It’s just about everywhere, seeing as you asked. Indeed it is. And in this COVID-19 season as worldwide death tolls get updated on the hour, we hardly need much reminding of all this. But it’s not just this strange time of […]
Colossians 3:1-4
Easter Day A
[…] practical as instructions for living on Venus. Yet I hope that we can see its implications for the way we move into a week that’s shadowed by COVID-19 and its horrible stepchildren. Paul fills his letter to Colossae’s Christians with language about what it means to live as Christians whom God has filled with […]
Psalm 145:8-14
Proper 9A
[…] do. Then again, neither can we preach this in ways that ignore those for whom the bottom has dropped out of late, and in these days of COVID-19 pandemic and racial strife, that might just include a few more folks in the average congregation than usual. So what is the preacher to do? Preach […]
Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18
Proper 7A
[…] in the church we are in the Season of Ordinary Time). We are more in a Season of Extraordinary Time, a combination of an abiding pandemic of COVID-19 and a time of great civil unrest due to several racist killings this Spring, the most famous of which was the on-camera death of George Floyd […]
Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21
Proper 13A
[…] do. Then again, neither can we preach this in ways that ignore those for whom the bottom has dropped out of late, and in these days of COVID-19 pandemic and racial strife, that might just include a few more folks in the average congregation than usual. So what is the preacher to do? Preach […]
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