We’re all cooped up in our homes, loving our neighbors by keeping six feet away and not gathering with anybody we don’t live with. But whether our churches are streaming their services (in otherwise empty sanctuaries) or whether our congregations are simply not meeting for the next while, we need to draw near to God, […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 4, John 9:1-41
This year, the lectionary Gospels for Lent 2 through 5 tell of amazing encounters with Jesus from the Gospel of John — and each one is longer than the last. First Nicodemus, then the woman at the well, now the man born blind. These stories are rich, and also convoluted. They are tough to grasp […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 1, Matthew 4:1-11
On the first Sunday in Lent, the Revised Common Lectionary always turns us toward the temptation of Christ. Matthew 4:1-11 (this year, “Year A”) tells the story in detail, as does Luke 4:1-13 (Year C), while Mark 1:9-15 (Year B) mentions it only in passing. Last year I wrote extensively on Luke’s version, and I […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Transfiguration, Matthew 17:1-9
In the Revised Common Lectionary, on the last Sunday before Lent, the Gospel reading is always the Transfiguration. This year, year “A,” we get Matthew’s version. There are small differences between the accounts. In Mark and Luke, when Peter suggests building homes for these three distinguished persons, we get the snide comment that Peter did […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Baptism of the Lord, Matthew 3:13-17
On the Sunday after Epiphany the Western Church celebrates the Baptism of the Lord. For the Eastern Church, Epiphany itself, January 6, is focused on this same event. And as I’ve noted before, in the East this celebration is a very big deal — along with Christmas and Easter it is a the top of […]
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