Psalm 148
Christmas 1B
[…] also relentless in his call for representatives of God’s whole creation to praise the Lord. The Revised Common Lectionary appoints this psalm for the first Sunday after Christmas. However, this Sunday is also the last Sunday of the year. So those who preach and teach it might ask worshipers to dig into Psalm 148 […]
Jeremiah 37:7-14
Christmas 2B
[…] of the goodness to come sounds like a review of a Harry & David catalogue, like a tour through a Williams Sonoma store, like a down home Christmas with Martha Stewart. And let’s not tell our doctors or cardiologists, but the priests of the ensemble get promised the fattiest portions of the beef roast, […]
Jeremiah 31:7-14
2nd Sunday after Christmas C
[…] of the goodness to come sounds like a review of a Harry & David catalogue, like a tour through a Williams Sonoma store, like a down home Christmas with Mario Batali. And let’s not tell our doctors or cardiologists, but the priests of the ensemble get promised the fattiest portions of the beef roast, […]
Luke 2:22-40
Christmas 1B
[…] draw together “an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us” (Luke 1:1) he meant business! And so in this lection for the Sunday after Christmas we find the intriguing story about old Simeon and Anna in the Temple on the day when Jesus was formally dedicated to God according to the […]
Luke 1:68-79
Advent 2C
[…] mention Jesus’ birth at all. But Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all recognized that no gospel would be complete without John the Baptist. A gospel may skip Christmas but it may not skip John. Why? Because as Zechariah knew already when John was just eight days old, John was going to be the necessary […]
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26
1st Sunday after Christmas C
[…] the focus of his own life’s work for God. That’s the side-by-side picture you get if you nestle in this Old Testament lection for the Sunday after Christmas (Year C) next to the Gospel lection regarding the boy Jesus at the Temple. The language of the two texts is a near echo of each […]
Jeremiah 31:7-14
2nd Sunday after Christmast C
[…] of the goodness to come sounds like a review of a Harry & David catalogue, like a tour through a Williams Sonoma store, like a down home Christmas with Martha Stewart. And let’s not tell our doctors or cardiologists, but the priests of the ensemble get promised the fattiest portions of the beef roast, […]
Hebrews 2:10-18
1st Sunday after Christmas A
[…] that much clear. This reading is assigned in the Year A cycle for January 1, 2017, or New Year’s Day. We are still flush with all things Christmas even as we bid farewell to a hard year and hope for a better one. But before we walk away from the birth of the Messiah […]
Matthew 3:1-12
Advent 2A
[…] stuff. It shook people up. It would shake us up. The Second Sunday in Advent may be a time to ponder all the paradoxes of Advent and Christmas—paradoxes that would shake us all up if only we took the time to note them. Of course, the problem is that many people even in the […]
Romans 16:25-27
Advent 4B
[…] scholars wonder if those are, in fact, actually Paul’s words to the Romans. But I don’t think worshipers are interested in a discourse on biblical criticism on Christmas Eve – if ever. What’s more, I’m sure that no matter who actually penned the words “to God be the glory,” those inspired words are consistent […]
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