John 21:1-19
Easter 3C
The new life that Easter represents finds its expression this week in a call to discipleship. So much about this pair of scenes calls back the original call to disciples. The gospel writer tells us that this is the third time Jesus appears to the group, but even still, the awkwardness the disciples feel […]
Isaiah 25:6-9
Easter Day B
I wonder if there are many preachers who will choose to take the Old Testament Lection as their primary text on Easter Sunday morning? It seems to me that the greater gift and opportunity presented by this text is the way that it sings harmony on the song of resurrection. So I will offer […]
Psalm 4
Easter 3B
[…] will shine upon us once more. If this way of reading Psalm 4 is correct, then it is instructive for all of us. No, this side of Easter and Pentecost we should not conclude that every time something goes wrong in life it is because God is punishing us. Indeed, we believe the punishment […]
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19
Easter 3A
[…] praises to God eventually but we will not for that reason never see death. I suppose that as this is the Psalm assigned for two weeks after Easter in the Year A Lectionary there may be some thought that we could envision Jesus himself reciting this. He did die (and his death was precious […]
Psalm 150
Easter 2C
[…] can be glad not only to receive the praise imperative but to have regular opportunity to obey it, and most certainly our praise continues this week after Easter, after the grandest victory of God ever! As referenced above . . . and note in the video below: nobody had to issue a single […]
Psalm 22:25-31
Easter 5B
[…] One” (3), she also looks around at the people around her and across the world. That makes the verses 25-31 an appropriate expression of praise for the Easter season. Yet even verses 25-31 aren’t expressions of naïve triumphalism that refuses to acknowledge the misery that plagues our world. Psalm 22’s author recognizes the reality […]
John 20:19-23
Pentecost A
[…] wait to start spreading it around! But of course since this is a Pentecost Lectionary text—but since we associate Pentecost with something that happened 50 days after Easter—not something that happened on Easter Sunday itself—we need to wonder what the connection is between this John 20 reception of the Spirit and the better-known, dramatic […]
John 14:1-14
Easter 5A
[…] did in that room that night in John 14 or from our Eastertide perspective just on the other side of our annual celebration of Good Friday and Easter, the effect is the same: utter startlement and even bewilderment that this can be true. The Way to life is through a cross. The humble man […]
Luke 19:28-40
Palm Sunday C
[…] Twice we are told that the people doing the cheering were only Jesus’ disciples. Is this a real parade or a wannabe one? Illustration Ideas: Knowing that Easter is coming must not make us impatient to get to next Sunday morning but instead our Easter knowledge allows us to see the cross itself as […]
Acts 4:5-12
Easter 4B
[…] the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.” Here is the first sign of opposition to the preaching of the Easter Gospel. It wouldn’t be the last, which makes this a very relevant text for our post-Christian pluralistic society. In fact, I see three gnarly contemporary issues […]
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