RCL Reflection, August 4, 2019
How easy it is for our lives to be shaped by possessions and social media rancor, by media pundits and spin doctors, than by the life and ministry model of Jesus and the loving grace-filled power of the risen Christ! We Christians are called to walk a different path, to keep our minds and eyes set on things above, remembering that our unity is found in God. (Photo: Pete, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, Proper 12 (17), Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C, July 28, 2019
No prayer, no request, and no need is beyond the scope of God’s relationship with us. Yes, truly, God is as near as our next door neighbor, indeed as near as our next breath. This means that all aspects of our lives may rightly and practically be infused with prayer. (Photo: lel4nd, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection for July 21, 2019
Being present in the moment and being fully present to the many ways that Jesus is with us in the world is necessary for our own development and deepening of faith. After all, the present moment is all that we truly have. Nothing more is guaranteed. (Photo: gilliu00, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection for July 14, 2019
We are all called to love God and serve neighbor through our individual vocations. This call is not just a once-and-done, or when we think about it, or when it’s convenient, or when it’s expedient; it’s a 24/seven/365 proposition. Jesus tries to teach this to the lawyer in Luke 10:25-37 using the parable of the “Good Samaritan.” (Image: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Art in the Christian Tradition, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection for July 7, 2019
Imagine how Jesus’ first and closest disciples must have felt when he sent them out with such bizarre instructions. Like those first 70 called to serve, we too can expect the unexpected when God calls us to love and serve through our various vocations. (Photo: Renee Grayson, Creative Commons)
Revised Common Lectionary Reflection for Proper 8 (13), Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C, June 30, 2019
What is your calling? Some of us can answer quite readily with a call to ministry, especially if we’re the ones who stand in the pulpit and who preside at the Lord’s Table. But here’s the thing: We all have a call to follow Jesus, to live by the Spirit, and to walk with God. Our work matters. (Photo: eppytx, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection for June 23, 2019
Most of what stands between us and freedom is fear. The question for us as individual disciples and as communities of faith is this one: Are we willing to be freed and open to change? We must be willing lose some (or maybe even all) of what we know in order to gain everything. (Photo: spaceamoeba, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, Trinity Sunday, Year C, June 16, 2019
Instead of trying to “human-splain” the Trinity we embraced its mystery and celebrated the communion of every last molecule of creation in the divine dance of the Trinity? What if we admitted that we don’t have all the answers, that we’re a bit unsure of the way ahead, but that we’re open to whatever the Holy Spirit reveals? (Photo: Fergal Mac Eoinin, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, Day of Pentecost, Year C, June 9, 2019
Thanks be to God for Pentecost and Paul! This annual celebration and the Year C lessons are filled with hope for world-weary and discouraged disciples. Yes indeed, we can lift our heads high in the light of God’s promises and stop wallowing in fear, doubt and self-pity. (Photo: Marianite Pentecost Icon, Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Revised Common Lectionary Reflection for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year C, June 2, 2019
If we’re serious about following Jesus, there will be a cost. Yes, for us to truly be one as Jesus prays, for there to be freedom for all people, we just be willing to pay the price and accept the cost. Oddly enough, if we do so, we will find freedom ourselves. (Photo: Marc Falardeau, Creative Commons)
