Kitten vs Doberman

A year ago I began to revive this section by using an RSS feed from my various blogs.  While that approach has improved my ability to communicate my lectionary study, it didn’t really solve all the problems.  Though I call this the Energion.com lectionary page, the writing on the lectionary is entirely my own. The…

Easter Sunday offers us an opportunity to meditate on the joy hope of restoration and renewal.  Not only do we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus in the past (John 20:1-18, Luke 24:1-12), and look forward to the resurrection in the future (1 Corinthians 15:19-26), but we can also celebrate the current renewal of salvation in…

Purpose: These notes are intended as helps for preachers and Sunday School teachers who wish to work from the Revised Common Lectionary. Though this initial entry is only one week ahead, my aim is to publish them two to three weeks ahead of the date for their use. This is not intended to function as…

Yesterday I wrote about the equivocal nature of the sign of the serpent lifted up in the wilderness, and how it was both a symbol of death, and a symbol of fertility and life in the ancient near east. Today in my reading I checked the notes in the The Jewish Study Bible and found…

November 9, 2003 Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 and Psalm 127 Or 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44

Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31