Posts with the tag “lectionary”

Readings:Exodus 19:2-8 Psalm 100 Romans 5:1-8Devotional:I read a story this week of a woman who was attending her mother’s retirement party. While she was there she learned that years earlier, her mom...  Read More

Readings:Hosea 5:15–6:6 Psalm 50:7-15 Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26Romans 4:13-25 Devotional:What do you do when you’re facing the impossible? The job that was already hard but got resources cut again. The ma...  Read More

Readings:Psalm 8 Genesis 1:1–2:4Matthew 28:16-202 Corinthians 13:11-13Devotional:Theology is fussy work. After all, how can you really try to contain the Infinite to words and ideas, much less time or...  Read More

Readings:John 7:37-39Numbers 11:24-30I Corinthians 12:3b-14Devotional:Have you ever purchased something only to realize you already had the thing and just overlooked it? (Go to the store, buy a bottle...  Read More

Reading:1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11Devotional:We love a good comeback story: the unlikely outcast turned protagonist, the underdog who beats all odds, the big break that elevates someone to fame, the reco...  Read More

Reading:1 Peter 3:13-22Devotional:Here we are again, back with Peter and our early Christians living in Asia Minor. Same topics, same ideas, but we haven’t covered everything yet. Now in chapter 3, we...  Read More

Reading:1 Peter 2:2-10Devotional:My child came into the room this week and declared, “We need a parallel circuit instead of a series circuit!” These are all words that independently have meaning to me...  Read More

Reading:1 Peter 1:17-23Devotional:There is a right way to fold towels, did you know? Just like there is a proper order to unload the groceries on the conveyor belt at the store. (If you can't imagine ...  Read More

Reading:1 Peter 1:3-9Devotional:Praise with my whole heart!Because You do great, majestic, splendid things.Gratitude with my whole heart!Because Your work is memorable, gracious, and compassionate.Awe...  Read More

ReadingLuke 24:13-49DevotionalThe journey is the destination.We’ve all heard variations on this idea, that what we experience along the way to wherever we’re going is as rewarding, sometimes more, as ...  Read More

Reading:Matthew 27:57-66 and John 19:38-42Devotional:They left my Savior in the tomb,Hope was lost, and the doubt was breaking through.–"Wouldn't it Be Like You?", Bryan and Katie TorwaltThe crowds ha...  Read More

Reading:Mark 14:1–15:47Devotion:Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the CrossHe who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns.He who wraps the Heavens in clouds is wra...  Read More

Reading: John 13:1-17, 31-35Devotional:Have you ever had a dinner guest start clearing and cleaning up their own dishes? And then they keep cleaning, putting the leftovers in your fridge, loading your...  Read More