Reflections for Sermon writing on Luke 10: 25-42 (1st Sunday in Lent) As the pandemic continues to radically change our worldview – simultaneously giving us a global perspective while locking us into a local bubble – it is time again to think of that always important question: who is my neighbor? I love that the… Read More
NARRATIVE LECTIONARY: Ash Wednesday 2021
Reflections on Luke 9: 51-62 The narrative lectionary for Ash Wednesday 2021 provides two Biblical stories that frame rejection in a paradox: the first story tells us of the town that rejects Jesus, and it is followed by the scripture where Jesus seems to reject his would-be followers. In verse 53 where it says “but… Read More
NARRATIVE LECTIONARY: Luke 5: 1-11
Abundance, and permission to leave everything behind. (A reflection on Luke 5: 1-11 for January 24, 2021) As I read these this short but dense scripture of the calling of the disciples, I am struck immediately by two very basic themes to draw on: the first being the idea that GRACE COMES FIRST. And the… Read More
NARRATIVE LECTIONARY: A Crisis With Unique Perspective
Reflections on Joel 2: 12-13, 28-29 and Luke 11: 13 (for December 6, 2020) Sculpture of Joel, Biblical Gardens of the Moshav Yad HaShmona, in the Judean Hills, near Jerusalem. December 2020… as we start the last month of a year defined by crisis the narrative lectionary takes us straight to Joel, an irony not… Read More
NARRATIVE LECTIONARY: Looking for a Way Out?
Reflections on Exodus 12:1-13, 13:1-8 & Luke 22: 14 -20 (for October 4, 2020) Two words tie our texts for this week together: covenant and exodus.In the Older Testament, God is promising a covenant of protection to the people of Israel, on the eve of their exodus out of slavery and into the wilderness journey.… Read More
