This Sunday the Gospel text is Matthew 18:15-20, a classic text in discussions of church discipline, and the first of two weeks the Revised Common Lectionary will spend in Matthew 18. Though I seem constitutionally incapable of writing a genuinely short meditation, I’ll try to confine myself to a few observations on this text, especially […]
Get Behind Me and Take Up Your Cross
A Monday Meditation on Matthew 16:21-28 — Year A, Proper 17(22) On the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, the Gospel reading in the Revised Common Lectionary is Matthew 16:21-28, where Jesus meekly says to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!” That is, we pick up where we left off last week. The pause between last week’s part […]
Matthew 16:13-20 — The Rock, the Keys, and the Gates of Hell
Matthew 16:13-20 is Sunday’s lectionary Gospel. I set out to make just a few brief observations. It has been one of those pandemic weeks when I found myself simply running on empty. I suspect you know the feeling. I’ll pray for you, and hope you’ll do the same for me. In the end, because the […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 14:22-33
There are at least three options when creating a children’s sermon on Matthew 14:22-33. When I saw the text I thought I’d be writing about walking on water. I’ve had great fun with that as a bedtime story for my kids. I’ll do it as a children’s sermon sometime. But right now, in the midst […]
Walking on Water — Matthew 14:22-33
CC by Ted-SA 2.0 The lectionary Gospel for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost in Year A (Matthew 14:22-33) picks up right where the previous week’s text left off. It is a text with several fascinating moments, each worth some meditation, concluding with the seriously fascinating story of Peter walking on the water. Last week, Jesus […]
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