Easter 6: First Reading, Acts 17:16-31 I love the missionary journeys of Paul. Exciting to the hilt. And all the excitement centers on the gospel and Jesus and what the first Christians and we are to be about. Taking the gospel anywhere and everywhere. The First Reading for this Sunday...
Easter 5: Gospel, John 14:1-14 Oh holy night. Not the evening of Christ’s birth, but the night of His New Covenant gift. A new Passover where our Lord Himself is the Passover, the Pascha as our Greek brothers call Him. John 14 puts us in the center of a discourse Jesus gives to His...
Easter 5: Second Reading, 1 Peter 2:2-10 We are a people set apart. The foundation of who we are is a Person. A Divine Person. A Rock. With so much type and shadow pointing to this person in the Old Testament, the Apostle Peter connects God’s NT people, the Church with this foundational...
Easter 5: First Reading, Acts 6:1-9; 7:2a, 51-60 Do you have “friends” in the Bible? Do you have those with whom you relate because you see yourself in them or them in you? Or … or do you have those whose lives which you aspire to emulate? Those can be fine friends as well...
Easter 4: Gospel, John 10:1-10 Does it surprise you how many times shepherds and sheep are spoken of in the Bible? Goodness they are everywhere. Almost from the outset. David is a shepherd. The Hebrew word for “king” has connotations of shepherd. The opening of Psalm 23 which we...
Easter 4: Second Reading, 1 Peter 2:19-25 “Opposites attract,” or “He’s so cute,” or “I can’t pass on that deal.” All those comments have to do with one thing. They all point to things that relate to being attracted to something or someone. What...
Easter 4: First Reading, Acts 2:42-47 I honestly don’t know if there is any single book of the Bible that is more exciting to me than the Book of Acts. If you want to see what Jesus meant for the church in terms of their life, their dependence, their doctrine, AND the ground of their...
Easter 3: Gospel, Luke 24:13-35 If you are a Bible teacher, then you must love this passage. It is the quintessential Bible class given on the go with no prep, no quiz and only one installment. The Emmaus Road encounter between Jesus and a couple of his companions on the very night of the...
Easter 3: Second Reading, 1 Peter 1:17-25 We’re going to look at the end of this reading for our meditation today. In last week’s second reading we were told in chapter one, verse three of 1 Peter, that our new birth was grounded in the resurrection of Jesus. Today we’re...
Easter 3: First Reading, Acts 2:14a; 36-41 This is St. Peter on Pentecost. Not the first Pentecost mind you, but the working out of God’s plan to bring Pentecost to its fulfillment in Christ Jesus. I am one who believes the Book of Acts has enormous lessons for the church. Not just the...
