RCL Reflection, Resurrection of the Lord, Year B, March 31, 2024. With all of its uncertainty, terror, and amazement, Easter once again invites us to preach the Good News. We can go deeper and risk disorder, so that we may emerge with Christ followers across the ages into a reorder that is all about healing and wholeness.
RCL Reflection, Palm/Passion Sunday, Year B. March 24, 2024. The emotional intensity of Palm/Passion Sunday invites us to enter whole heartedly into the story. Where do we stand in this remarkable turnaround from joy to sorrow? Deacon Timothy Siburg Explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
RCL reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B. March 17, 2024.
Though the Pharisees and much of today’s popular religion focus on externally following the law, the Bible has always made it clear that faith is a matter of heart. The Rev. Sharron R. Blezard explores. (Photo: Michael Gil, Creative Commons)
RCL reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B, March 10, 2024.
What’s a human being worth? Well, insurance actuarialss and government agencies can give you a price, but we are priceless in God’s eyes of love. How can we not only know it but actually live it? (Photo: Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year B, March 3, 2024. In this week’s Gospel lesson, Jesus begins his ministry with a miracle and a bold stand against religious exploitation. Jesus shakes up the religious status quo, with big implications for us today. (Image: Creative Commons)
RCL reflection for the Second Sunday in Lent, Year B. February 25, 2024.
Our faith requires us to remember all the wonderful things that God has done for us, but holy remembering invites us to pass on the stories and memories we cherish. Deacon Timothy Siburg explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, 1st Sunday in Lent, Year B, Feb. 18, 2024. It’s helpful to pack as lightly as possible for the Lenten journey. How can we lay down our burdens, possessions, addictions–anything that comes between us and God– to make space and time for divine encounters? Mark’s gospel structure gives us some hints. (Photo: Sharron Blezard)
RCL Reflection for Transfiguration Sunday, Year B, Feb. 11, 2024. No, we weren’t on the mountaintop with Jesus, but the light of Christ and the presence of Jesus is all around us. Jesus still reveals the glory of God in ways both ordinary and extraordinary. All we need do are listen and look. (Photo: Rich Gibson, Creative Commons))
RCL reflection, Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B. February 4, 2024.
We moderns like to gripe that we are too busy, but Jesus’ frenetic pace in the first chapter of Mark gives us noting to complain about. Maybe we should model Jesus’ wise use of time and self-renewal. Elisabeth Hartwell explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
RCL reflection, Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B. Jan. 28, 2024.
In this week’s Gospel, the ones who observed Jesus’ teaching and healing asked the right question: “What is this?” Now 2,000 years later we can still ask what the power and presence of Jesus means for us as we carry out his work. Deacon Timothy Siburg explores
