The Kingdom is His
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Mark 4:26-34 Mark 4:26-34 We are good at getting our hands into the mix of “building” God’s kingdom. Think about it. The sheer volume of writing and now podcasting...
The Word is Good
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Psalm, Psalm 1 Psalm 1 So the title above says, “The Word is Good.” What word? I think most of us intuitively know as Christians what word it is that is good. God’s Word. From beginning to end it is the revelation of God to us in human language...
He Will Have His Way
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Ezekiel 17:22-24 Ezekiel 17:22-24 Not obscure, but neither familiar is our Old Testament reading for the week. And it is such a small piece of a...
Opposition
Third Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Mark 3:20-35 Mark 3:20-35 It doesn’t take long in our gospel reading this week to realize how unfriendly many are toward Jesus. Even his own...
Inspirational Woe
Third Sunday after Pentecost: Psalm, Psalm 130 Psalm 130 Yes, you read that correctly. The title really is “Inspirational Woe.” If I could use the emoji with wide eyes and gaping mouth I...
No One Told Him
Third Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Genesis 3:8-15 Genesis 3:8-15 I would venture that most of those who read these meditations regularly know the account of our first parents in the garden. First man...
Just Like Everything Else
Second Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Mark 2:23-28 Mark 2:23-28 Our gospel text this week highlights a truth that any reader of the gospels will encounter again and again: Jesus is for us. And not just in...
Admitting Weakness
Second Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Watch Paul. Watch all the writers of Holy Scripture and you find a theme creeping into their output. The theme is...
Rest and Deliverance
Second Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Now we enter the long season of the church calendar finally interrupted by the observance in late October of Reformation Sunday. But I love this season...
Opened Eyes
Trinity Sunday: Gospel, John 3:1-17 John 3:1-17 Do you know the exchange in John 3 between Jesus and Nicodemus, the “teacher of Israel”? Many of you...
