Let the ends of the earth remember and worship; tell tomorrow, and yesterday, and today to bow. Read More
Friday prayer: being blessed and being a blessing
God by whom we are renamed and repurposed, you kick us off of our couches, grooved and worn around the shapes of our bodies, and summon us to as-yet unknown destinations. Along the way we’ll fudge and manipulate to get out of scrapes, start to make a home anywhere that looks semi-hospitable, and try to… Read More
RCL: Sharing a Cup
It’s not often that as the lectionary cycles around, I end up writing on the same passages I wrote on three years ago. Or maybe it is more often than I realize and these texts just stand out more than some others. Either way, I’ve written on these passages before and you can see what… Read More
Sunday Prayer: By the Oaks of Mamre
Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the night has been long and cruel and our souls are not yet wrung dry from weeping. Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the fires are raging on cultic altars built to sacrifice precious fruit to ravenous gods. Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the day has burned our eyes with violence… Read More
RCL: Without Ever Knowing the Way
The Revised Common Lectionary year A offers the opportunity to sojourn with the family saga that makes up most of the book of Genesis. Sadly, the first entry in the saga is not in use this year (Ordinary 10A), in which Abram and Sarai receive their call from God to get up and go. By… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Faithful Followers
An impossible child. Sarah and Abraham receive wonderful news from God in today’s reading from Genesis. Though they have no children, and Sarah is long past child-bearing age (and Abraham is long past child-rearing age), God promises them that they will become parents to a multitude of nations. In a society where one’s worth was… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: What Abraham Did (Gen 21:1-3; 22:1-14)
This week’s NL passage is the story of Isaac. It can be found here, and the Working Preacher commentary can be found here. Perhaps you’ve read the story of Luke Howard, who has been playing the piano non-stop at College Green in Bristol for 24 hours in a bid to win back his ‘lost love.’… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: A Cup of Cold Water
When I read through the texts for this week my first thought was that the whole world needs a cup of cold water. We need to stop worrying about who has the better cup, or who deserves a drink, or who should be first to drink and just hold out a cup for the first… Read More
RCL Tuesday Leanings: Who do you say that I am?
Readings for this Sunday, the second week of Lent can be found here. Genesis follows up last week’s covenant with Noah to share the covenant with Abraham. The Romans passage gives us Paul’s interpretation of Abraham’s covenant in light of Jesus. Psalm 22 is most famous for the “my God, my God, why have you… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Promises, Promises Edition
The text for this week is here. The Working Preacher commentary is here. The Text This Week is here. Ah, Abram. One of the difficulties of the Narrative Lectionary is feeling the pressure of the sweep of Scripture. How do you convey the scope of God’s story between Noah and Abram/Abraham and then on to… Read More
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