Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Psalm, Psalm 123 Psalm 123 It was an interesting thing to find that one of my daily Psalm readings is also the psalm reading for this Sunday. Psalm 123 belongs to that wonderful set of shorter psalms known as the “Psalms of Ascent.” Traditionally...
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Ezekiel 2:1-5 Ezekiel 2:1-5 Boy, oh boy the religious culture of our day is filled with voices. Myriads of voices who all claim to not only speak for God (whoever that is), but to speak for Him with clarity and specificity. Now at the same time...
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Mark 5:21-43 Mark 5:21-43 I’m not writing this morning from a good mindset. The gospel reading helps a little, but is really a picture of the challenge I am walking through. You see, I know in my heart of hearts that Jesus, the Lord IS the answer to...
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 13-15 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 13-15 I guess I’m venturing out on personal life territory here. I have always been greatly encouraged, and frankly a bit jealous when I read the passages that speak of the great generosity of the...
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Lamentations 3:22-33 Lamentations 3:22-33 We’re so geared toward complaining aren’t we? I guess I will admit it first. But, yes I am bent in that direction. When things don’t go my way, well I am good at wallowing. You? In our Old...
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Mark 4:35-41 Mark 4:35-41 I love this account by Mark. It holds a great personal marker for me and I’ve cited it in years past. It is the first passage from a sermon in church for which I wrote down notes. I’m sure they were very profound and...
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 So, I struggle with putting a title on these meditations. It’s really crazy to label one and then have the body of the writing not support it. I can always change it, but I do labor for consistency. I...
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost; Old Testament, Job 38:1-11 Job 38:1-11 As I read over the text for our Old Testament lesson this week I was struck by something. Just what would it be like to be questioned, better interrogated, by Yahweh? Now we know from His self-revelation in the Scriptures...
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...
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...
