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Between Proper 10 + 11 (Year B)
In this week’s gap in the lectionary, we have a familiar story—that fleshes out the wider story more fully…if we read it in its context.
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Between Proper 8 + 9 (Year B)
As we prepare to focus on Jesus’s return home, we should keep in mind just how famous Jesus has already become and why.
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Between Proper 7 + 8 (Year B)
The gap in this week’s lectionary tells the story of the healing of the Demoniac. But that isn’t the part that astounds us.
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Between the Passion and Easter (Year B)
In moving from Passion to Resurrection, we are offered a chance to see God anew. But are we keeping our eyes focused on our purpose?
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Between the Third and Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Before we can jump into John 3:16 and God’s love for the world, we should take a minute to talk about Jesus’s visit with Nicodemus.
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Between the First and Second Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
In the calling of Nathanael, we jump past the call stories we’re familiar with—and into a vision of an active relationship with Jesus.
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Between Christmas and the Baptism of Our Lord (Year B)
In the space between Christmas and the first Sunday after Epiphany, we have multiple feasts and readings we may have skipped.
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Between Proper 28 + Last (Year A)
We conclude the lectionary cycle this week with the stunning conclusion to the confrontational arc in Jerusalem: that should hit us as right.