RCL Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent, March 20, 2022.
In this week’s gospel lesson, Jesus offers both warning and remedy. The Parable of the Fig Tree offers a wonderful opportunity to talk about hope, patience, and tenacious faith. (Photo by Yaniv Yaakubovich. Thanks!)
RCL Reflection, 3rd Sunday in Lent, Year C, March 24, 2019
If you’re feeling like a barren fig in a vineyard full of lush grapes, don’t despair. If you’re easily distracted about predictions of gloom and doom and the connection of sin to disaster, take a deep breath and refocus on the God who loves you beyond all measure. Who knows what can happen with a little divine TLC? (Photo: Oregon State University, Creative Commons)
Third Sunday in Lent, Year C, February 28, 2016
Someday, like it was for that barren fig tree, there will be an accounting. For the barren church that means doors closed, windows shuttered, and opportunity lost. No one wants to see that happen to their congregation, right? Or do they? (Photo: Ian Scott, Creative Commons)
Lectionary Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2013
In this week’s gospel lesson, Jesus offers both warning and remedy. The Parable of the Fig Tree offers a wonderful opportunity to talk about hope, patience, and tenacious faith. (Photo by Yaniv Yaakubovich. Thanks!)
