Sixth Sunday of Easter Lectionary Reflection, May 13, 2012
Are you frozen or chosen? Jesus has some words this week to guide the Body of Christ to the abundant life. Want to thrive? Read on!
Cultivating Generous Disciples
Lectionary Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 6, 2012
How does your stewardship garden grow? Are you cultivating generous disciples? This week’s lessons offer fertile soil to talk about fruitful and faithful communities deeply rooted in the way of Jesus. (Photo by Amanda B. Slater used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
What’s the Catch?
Lectionary Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 29, 2012
Ask and you’ll receive. Is there a catch? Of course! The whole idea behind this week’s reading from 1 John, and indeed the entire book, is that in the sacrificial love of Christ we see and experience God; in doing so we are compelled to live out that love in word and deed. (Photo by rabanito used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Potlucks, Comfort Food, and Faith
Third Sunday of Easter Lectionary Reflection, April 22, 2012
Comfort food and soul food calm our fears and show our love. When we come to Christ’s table, we receive the ultimate in comfort and soul food, nourishment that equips and strengthens us for mission and ministry as witnesses to the world. (Photo by UUCJ used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Impossible Dream or Resurrection Reality?
Lectionary Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter, April 15, 2012
No doubt about it, this Sunday is a great day to talk about stewardship and generosity. The lesson from Acts lifts up a model for Christian community that is both controversial and compelling. Are you up to the challenge? (Photo by stephen.willis used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!0
A Story for Uncertain Times
Lectionary Reflection for Easter Day, Year B, April 8, 2012
The empty tomb occasions both shouts of victory and mute terror and awe–if we are honest about it. Mark’s account of the resurrection is truly a story of hope and promise for uncertain times. (Photo by Tony Beeman used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Of One Mind
Lectionary Reflection for Palm Sunday, Year B, April 1, 2012
Most of the time, Palm Sunday worship is pretty predictable—either a short sermon or some sort of participatory or dramatic reading of the gospel. What if, however, we looked at the lessons for this day from a slightly different approach? What if we view them through the lens of stewardship? (Photo by Luz Adriana Villa A. used by Creative Common License.)
God from the Inside Out
Lectionary Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 25, 2012
The words of Jeremiah offer profound hope for Christians seeking to walk as disciples in this world. We are God’s people. God knows us and is deeply imprinted on our hearts. (Photo by fradaveccs used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
From Wrath to Worth
Lectionary Reflection for the 4th Sunday in Lent March 18, 2012 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God–not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus […]
Marketplace or Holy Space?
Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year B March 11, 2012 He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!’ — John 2:16 Are you familiar with this story? Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover and ends up […]
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