Browsing RCL Reflections
A Story for Uncertain Times
Lectionary Reflection for Easter Day, Year B, April 8, 2012
The empty tomb occasions both shouts of victory and mute terror and awe–if we are honest about it. Mark’s account of the resurrection is truly a story of hope and promise for uncertain times. (Photo by Tony Beeman used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Of One Mind
Lectionary Reflection for Palm Sunday, Year B, April 1, 2012
Most of the time, Palm Sunday worship is pretty predictable—either a short sermon or some sort of participatory or dramatic reading of the gospel. What if, however, we looked at the lessons for this day from a slightly different approach? What if we view them through the lens of stewardship? (Photo by Luz Adriana Villa A. used by Creative Common License.)
God from the Inside Out
Lectionary Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 25, 2012
The words of Jeremiah offer profound hope for Christians seeking to walk as disciples in this world. We are God’s people. God knows us and is deeply imprinted on our hearts. (Photo by fradaveccs used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
From Wrath to Worth
Lectionary Reflection for the 4th Sunday in Lent March 18, 2012 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus […]
Marketplace or Holy Space?
Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent March 11, 2012 He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!’ — John 2:16 Are you familiar with this story? Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover and ends up cleaning house […]
Of Saints and Sinners
Lectionary Reflection for the Second Sunday in Lent, March 4, 2012
This week’s lessons invite us to consider the lives of those we hold in esteem as pillars of faith. We remember them for their faith and for the way in which they point us to God. They take up their cross not for glory but because of the One whom they serve. (Photo by Oggie Dog used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
A Glimpse of God-Light
Lectionary reflection for the Transfiguration of our Lord
February 19, 2012
By the love, grace, and light of Christ we are transfigured. In turn, we are called to let the God-Light of Christ shine through our lives to illumine the Way for others. (Photo by qmnonic used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
What We Come to Do
Lectionary Reflection for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 5, 2012
Dear colleagues in ministry, this week’s lessons offer hope for the weary, the wounded, the wanderer, and you. God loves you and wants to lift you up so that you can continue what you came to do. (Photo by Carl Chapman used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
About Authority…
Lectionary Reflection for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany January 29, 2012 They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching – with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.†At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. – […]
What Time Is It?
Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, January 22, 2012.
What time is it? It’s time to respond to God’s call, to turn from all that would distract and distance you, and to believe in the amazing good news. There’s no time like the present to follow Jesus. (Photo by Alan Cleaver used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
