RCL Reflection for September 15, 2019
Why is change so incredibly hard? According to this week’s lesson from Exodus, even God is capable of changing God’s mind. But we humans, oh we humans, resist and fear change with amazing, heel-digging petrification. What needs to change in your life? In your congregation? In this world? (Photo: Robert Couse-Baker, Creative Commons)
Losing, Finding & Remembering
Lectionary Reflection for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C, September 11
To God, we are not expendable. We are of great worth: Worth searching for, worth finding, and worth celebrating. How can we in turn live into these stories of losing, finding, and remembering that counter a disposable culture and honor an enduring God? (Photo: Jim Donnelly, Creative Commons)
Precious in God’s Sight
17th Sunday after Pentecost Lectionary Reflection, September 8, 2013
Ever been lost or lost some one or something you loved? If so, then you can appreciate Jesus’ stories from this week’s gospel reading. How can we learn to value one another as much as Jesus values us? (Photo: Keoni Cabral, Creative Commons)
Let’s Start the Party and Show a Little Joy!
Lectionary Reflection
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2010
Isn’t it time we quit our mumbling and grumbling and let joy be the defining mark of our discipleship and gratitude for being sought and found by God?