As I have mentioned more than once before, one of the most aggravating things about following the Lectionary is having to go over the same thing every year; also, one of the best things about the Lectionary is going over the same thing every year. Seems I’m a little conflicted. The aggravation comes from the […]
Jesus’ baptism considered
We are “required” to consider Jesus’ baptism every year. The first Sunday after Epiphany is called the Baptism of our Lord Sunday, so it is more or less inescapable; but why? Why is this in the church calendar and given its own Sunday? Why do we we need to revisit something like this every year? […]
Baptism
So this Sunday is the Baptism of the Lord Sunday in the liturgical / lectionary year. This can be a problematic Sunday because it forces us to address one of those odd things in the Bible, namely, Jesus’ baptism. This is odd for at least a couple of reasons, first of all, we have John […]