The lectionary omits three verses between week 28 (Mark 10:17-31) and week 29 of Ordinary time (Mark 10:35-45). It seems like an easy thing to skip: Just another prediction of Jesus’ coming passion and resurrection. But the skipped bits are pretty crucial: Jesus’ prediction sets up James and John’s request about their place with Jesus […]
New Online Prayer Class: “Pray Like a Reformer”
I’m really psyched to announce that I’m offering a new online prayer class through this website. I’m calling it “Pray Like a Reformer,” and registration is open through Friday October 12, 2018. Pray Like a Reformer Martin Luther and John Calvin were both passionate about prayer. They both thought it was basic to the authentic […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, John 6:51-58
This is the fourth of five weeks that the Revised Common Lectionary spends ringing the changes on John 6, where Jesus proclaims that he is the Bread of Life — though in this particular excerpt he sticks to saying he is the living bread that came down from heaven.” (John 6:51 NRSV) Ringing the Changes […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
The Revised Common Lectionary has given us a pair of texts this Sunday (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56). They are shoved together so they appear to be one story, but actually they are separated by a whole eventful day. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Story 1: The disciples return from their mission trip and Jesus takes them away for […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, Trinity Sunday, John 3:1-17
(This week’s Monday Meditation is coming out on Tuesday. But I really did write it on Monday. No kidding.) I love the story of Nicodemus (John 3:1-17), though it is very hard to read it with fresh eyes. Two verses have their own enormous cultural gravity, pulling the rest of the story in like black […]
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