One of the things about the Lectionary is it is a three-year cycle. This was quite the revelation when I left the “free church” behind and moved to a Lectionary/liturgical church. Believe it or not, there was a time when I couldn’t imagine preaching from the same four texts every three years. What if I…
I don’t know how many times I have read the book of Ephesians, 20, 30, 50? Who knows? Lots anyway. One of the best things about reading and rereading both Scripture and great literature is that you can come back to the same work over and over again and find new things. The new thing…
This Sunday we were looking at the promises God made to Abraham and how they might possibly connect with us, after all, none of us is interested in being the parent of many nations, at least I don’t think anyone reading this is. So what’s the connection with us? What possible connection could we have…