As an Episcopalian, I follow the Revised Common Lectionary. In this section, I would like to offer you some thoughts on the upcoming Gospel passage for next Sunday. Some food for thought…material for meditation…please take or leave it as you see fit.
First of all, before we get to the passage, I would like to point out that Sunday is Mother’s Day. Go out and buy your Ma a card or a gift, and don’t forget to call her! Concerning this passage, I love — absolutely love — this prayer by Jesus, and this part is my Read More …
Usually, I try to offer a fresh perspective on the Gospel passage, approach a familiar text from a new angle, or maybe even offer some possibilities for entering the story… …but I just can’t do that here. Love one another. Until we learn to love, there’s no other lesson here — no deeper meaning — Read More …
At least on the surface, the Gospel passage for this Sunday is a beautiful metaphor of the relationship between Jesus and his followers. He is our shepherd; we are his sheep. His concern here is reminiscent of the most beloved psalm in the Bible. Yet, Jesus isn’t talking to his disciples here. He’s talking to Read More …
It’s a little hard for me to write about Sunday today, because while we look toward Easter Sunday, today is Good Friday. The day of crucifixion — the most solemn day of the entire Christian calendar. Before you can have resurrection, death must come first. However, it’s exactly from this space of hopelessness and despair Read More …
Typically, I like to encourage others to “enter” the Gospel reading for Sunday by imaginatively identifying with a particular character’s perspective. There is definitely a lot of possibility for that activity in this passage. You can try to look at matters from Jesus’ or Mary’s perspectives. You can take a step further by imagining what Read More …
The primary passage for the Gospel reading this Sunday is a very familiar one — the Parable of the Prodigal Son. So many people have looked at this story from almost every angle — the mercy of the father, the thanklessness and repentance of the prodigal, and the rigid lack of forgiveness on the part Read More …
Do you know what the future holds for you? If you want to know, I can tell you for four easy payments of $19.95 plus shipping and handling! Just kidding 🙂 For this Sunday, we come across a strange passage that is rather easy to gloss over with the response: “Sure, Jesus could say that, Read More …
Now that we are in Lent, the Lectionary turns to the temptation of Jesus (Luke 4:1-13). This can be a hard story to relate to — after all few of us have probably had an audibly verbal conversation with Satan — and even fewer of us have to defend to him that we are the Read More …
This Sunday is the last Sunday of Epiphany, which means we get to read about the Transfiguration. Whenever I read this passage, I am struck by how much it is a metaphor for those times of deep spiritual experience in our lives. Just look at Peter — He’s weighed down with sleep at first but Read More …
As an Episcopalian, I follow the Revised Common Lectionary. In this section, I would like to offer you some thoughts on the upcoming Gospel passage for next Sunday. Some food for thought…material for meditation…please take or leave it as you see fit.
