Psalm 98
Easter 6B
[…] indeed, it is the Old Testament text for Isaac Watts’ beloved carol, “Joy to the World.” It is also the perfect Psalm for the end of the Easter Season, as it looks back at the salvation just won by Christ’s climactic victory over the enemies who ruin God’s good world and looks ahead to […]
Acts 5:27-32
Easter 2C
[…] RCL moves to the book of Acts on this Second Sunday of Eastertide and stays there until Pentecost. Clearly the intent is to follow the trajectory of Easter. What happened to the church and the world after Jesus rose from the dead? Did that single historical act have any longer and larger effect? The […]
Revelation 1:4-8
Easter 2C
[…] this week’s Epistolary lesson the RCL takes another step back into the muddy waters that are the book of Revelation. In fact, on this second Sunday of Easter, the RCL returns us to the Revelation 1:4-8 we just visited on the last Sunday of Year B. On this Sunday, then, we take a kind […]
John 20:19-31
Easter 2B
The second Sunday of Easter brings us to this text. The disciples have heard from the women that Jesus has risen from the dead but they are so afraid that they have locked themselves up tight, worried that their lives are in danger by those who put Jesus to death. Fear trumps the witness […]
John 17:20-26
Easter 7C
Though Jesus prayed this prayer before his crucifixion and resurrection, as part of the season of Easter this passage continues to shape our understanding of the Resurrection New Life that God invites us to live. This is especially true because Christ’s prayer is for his people across time and space—and not just the disciples […]
Psalm 16
Easter 2A
[…] one of the things the Holy Spirit does when inspiring divine Scripture. So the idea that Psalm 16 points beyond itself all the way to the post- Easter reality in which Christians live is not far-fetched or wrong. Still, let’s at least be clear that this Hebrew poet was not talking about life beyond […]
Acts 9:1-6,(7-20)
Easter 3C
[…] to turn with him to Jesus and believe in him. That’s, after all, the kind of work the risen Jesus sends his disciples to do. (During the Easter season, the Lectionary appoints texts from Acts as Old Testament lessons) Illustration Idea Charles Colson, who’d been known as Richard Nixon’s “hatchet man, was implicated in […]
1 John 1:1-2:2
Easter 2B
[…] worm as thou there is no hope.’” Well, OK, we don’t want to go that far. But here we are one week after the joyous celebration of Easter and 1 John 1-2 bring us swiftly face-to-face with the reality of sin. John’s point seems to be that if you really believe Jesus rose again […]
Jeremiah 31:1-6
Easter Day A
[…] what to do. My best guess is that the Hebrew Scripture Lesson is not going to be front-and-center in the preaching ministry of the church on this Easter Sunday. Jeremiah—even this most joyful section of the book—isn’t quite the “Alleluia” that this Resurrection celebration requires. That said, what I’d like to do is offer […]
Psalm 16
Easter 2A
[…] one of the things the Holy Spirit does when inspiring divine Scripture. So the idea that Psalm 16 points beyond itself all the way to the post- Easter reality in which Christians live is not far-fetched or wrong. Still, let’s at least be clear that this Hebrew poet was not talking about life beyond […]
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