Welcoming the Outsider’s Gift (Lectionary 17, Year B)

Lectionary 17 (8th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B July 26, 2009 John 6:1-21 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. What an amazing week we had at our Discovery Canyon Vacation Bible School. Kids laughed and learned, sang and were silly, played and prayed. Each day theContinue reading “Welcoming the Outsider’s Gift (Lectionary 17, Year B)”

Our Sorry Ambivalence (Lectionary 15, Year B)

Lectionary 15 (6th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B July 12, 2009 Amos 7:7-15; Mark 6:14-29 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. It was probably an administrative mistake, an example of an appropriate policy poorly executed. But hitting the headlines of a few news outlets this weekContinue reading “Our Sorry Ambivalence (Lectionary 15, Year B)”

Signs of the Kingdom (Lectionary 13, Year B)

Lectionary 13 (4th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B June 28, 2009 Mark 5:21-43 Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. Every now and then my wife, Jessicah, will call me from the road, on her way to some place she’s never been, perhaps driving atContinue reading “Signs of the Kingdom (Lectionary 13, Year B)”

Called to Wonder (Lectionary 11, Year B)

Lectionary 11 (2nd Sunday after Pentecost) June 14, 2009 Mark 4:26-34 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. It’s been a while. It’s been a while since you’ve seen this green stole … you probably don’t remember. That’s ok.  I won’t take it personally. It’s a niceContinue reading “Called to Wonder (Lectionary 11, Year B)”

New Flesh, New Breath (Festival of Pentecost, Year B)

The Festival of Pentecost, Year B May 31, 2009 Ezekiel 37:1-14; Acts 2 In the name of the blessed Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, One God.  Amen. Last Sunday my family worshiped at my wife’s childhood church, St Michael’s Lutheran Church in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. St Michael’s is a church that was alreadyContinue reading “New Flesh, New Breath (Festival of Pentecost, Year B)”