John 2:1-11
Epiphany 2C
[…] to that for which he created us and this whole cosmos to begin with. This text is appointed in the Lectionary Year C for the time of Epiphany. We’re in between the big spectacle of Christmas and the big spectacle of Easter. We’re in that time of the church year when we look at […]
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Epiphany 1C
[…] goes wordlessly into the desert of death, is also the very Son of God. When that almighty one makes himself humble and vulnerable, when that divine Son holds back, the results are nothing less than cosmic. It’s a quiet epiphany, but it packs more wallop than a million renditions of the “Hallelujah” chorus ever could!
Acts 10:34-43
Epiphany 1A
[…] is less interested in the Romans or even Jesus’s baptism than with the baptized Jesus (and his Church’s) mission. A mission that has much to do with Epiphany’s emphasis on Jesus the Light of the world bringing light to a spiritually darkened world. Peter and his Jewish contemporaries seemed to have assumed that Jesus’ […]
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Epiphany 4C
[…] as James Boyce points out (Preach This Week, February 3, 2013) that when Paul begins it with “I will show you the most excellent way,” he’s using Epiphany language. By contrasting the sinful divisions of the Corinthian Church with the unity the Holy Spirit instills through the practice of love, Paul shines light on […]
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Epiphany 2A
[…] the end. It does not seem like the most exciting part of any letter. But there it is in this particular lection for the second Sunday of Epiphany this year. But there is far more here than you might think. And speaking of Tom Long, I really cannot think of a better way to […]
Genesis 1:1-5
Epiphany 1B
This First Sunday after Epiphany celebrates the Baptism of Jesus, that spectacular epiphany of his glory as he began his public ministry. All of the Lectionary readings for this Sunday were chosen because they have to do with water, whether the primeval waters of Genesis 1 or the waters of the Mediterranean that spawn […]
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Epiphany 5B
It’s perhaps somewhat ironic that in Epiphany’s season that focuses on light, the RCL appoints epistolary lessons whose mysteries leave at least some of its readers in the dark. It doesn’t help that the RCL often drops its proclaimers into the middle of chapters that discuss of complex issues. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson is […]
Mark 1:4-11
Epiphany 1B
[…] that the good news about Jesus Christ would start with someone else. Similarly, on this Baptism of the Lord Sunday, which is also the first Sunday after Epiphany, I’d like to focus on the fact that the good news about Jesus Christ isn’t just about him. First, consider that Jesus came to John in […]
Psalm 138
Epiphany 5C
The Lectionary likes Psalm 138 and slates it sometimes in Ordinary Time and sometimes in Epiphany. I have several sermon commentaries on the CEP site on Psalm 138 but for this week I will riff on the last time I wrote about this in the Sundays after Epiphany. I have noted often in my […]
Psalm 2
Last Epiphany A
This is Transfiguration Sunday, the glorious conclusion of the season of Epiphany. The story of Christ’s Transfiguration pre-figured in Exodus 24:12-18, told in Matthew 17:1-9, and retold in II Peter 1:16-21 (our other lectionary readings for today) is given a dark twist in our reading from Psalm 2. The other lectionary readings point to […]
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