Jeremiah 33:14-16
Advent 1C
[…] into the work of waiting. The first Sunday of Advent can often feel like a rude awakening. In the US context, those who hold to a no-Christmas-music-until-after- Thanksgiving have likely already heard their favorite carols blaring over the loudspeakers at the shopping mall. They may have set up their trees at home or begun […]
Ruth 1:1-18
Proper 26B
[…] create a wonderful opportunity for reflection on harvest, on reliance on God in the hard times and gratitude to God who provides — wonderful themes for the Thanksgiving season. Illustration The Bechdel Test is a way of evaluating film content named for its creator, Alison Bechdel. It is an informal way to evaluate whether […]
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Palm Sunday B
[…] There are even cries of “Hosanna” here in the original Hebrew in Psalm 118:25. The larger Psalm is mostly a cry for deliverance and then songs of thanksgiving for the deliverance God provided. “Lord, Save Us!” or the cry of “Hosanna” is in many ways an apt summary of the entire poem and in […]
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Proper 29A
A Shepherd In the US context, the day after Thanksgiving begins the Christmas season. But this is one of those years where a fluke of the calendar means the church won’t be celebrating Advent (let alone Christmas) yet. We have one last Sunday in Ordinary Time. Liturgically, the first Sunday of Advent begins a […]
Acts 2:1-21
Pentecost
[…] Yes, there can be minor variations but when it’s Christmastime, we all have our typical ways of celebrating the occasion and the same goes for Easter or Thanksgiving or even the Fourth of July. We tend to hang out with the same people each year and maybe even have traditional outfits we wear each […]
Psalm 66:8-20
Easter 6A
For reasons unknown the RCL has us skip the first 7 verses of Psalm 66. Mostly they are lovely sentiments of praise and thanksgiving. But as we pick up the action in verse 8, we see a curious conjunction of things. On the one hand there is one of those global statements you often […]
Matthew 3:1-12
Advent 2A
[…] many people even in the pews of our churches see no paradoxes at all. Christmas is as straightforward a holiday as they come. Starting the day after Thanksgiving it’s just one long string of “Holly, Jolly, Merry, Merry, Joy, Joy, Joy” as children’s eyes shine and lights twinkle and we stuff ourselves with food. […]
Psalm 98
Easter 6B
[…] coming to judge the whole world. Now it’s just possible that some might find that prospect to be something just shy of a cause for exuberance and thanksgiving. Being judged might sound threatening to a lot of people. Indeed, as pastors we frequently counsel with people—sometimes dear saints in the final days of their […]
Psalm 66:8-20
Easter 6A
[…] thing I thought of. For reasons unknown the RCL has us skip the first 7 verses of Psalm 66. Mostly they are lovely sentiments of praise and thanksgiving. But as we pick up the action in verse 8, we see a curious conjunction of things. On the one hand there is one of those […]
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
Advent 2A
[…] the Advent Season. Illustration Idea In a blog called The Twelve to which I regularly contribute I did a piece tying in with the U.S. celebration of Thanksgiving Day and on the theme of loneliness. You can read the blog here and perhaps reflect if “all the lonely people” are precisely those people that […]
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