Sunday, January 17, 2021The Second Sunday after the Epiphanyhttp://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi2_RCL.html We are halfway through the first month of the new calendar year and things were supposed to be different, better even. But the days of 2021 aren’t looking any different to the days of 2020. The pandemic is still very, very real with a new variantContinue reading “Come and See”
Category Archives: Living Sunday School
Baptism is a Beginning
Sunday, January 10, 2021The first Sunday after the Epiphanyhttp://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi1_RCL.html In the beginning, the earth was formless and void and darkness covered the face of the deep. And God said, “Let there be light.” Today, this first Sunday after the feast of the Epiphany, we officially celebrate the Baptism of Jesus. Mark begins his telling ofContinue reading “Baptism is a Beginning”
Making Plans
Sunday, December 20, 2020Fourth Sunday of Advent 2 Samuel 11:1-7, 16Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26Romans 16:25-27Luke 1:26-38 It’s almost Christmas! Are you ready? Is your tree up? Gifts purchased and wrapped? Menus organized? Are you ready to encounter God in all of it? I know I’m not the first to say it and I’m sorry for theContinue reading “Making Plans”
Knowing Ourselves
Sunday, December 13, 2020Third Sunday of AdventIsaiah 61:1-4, 8-11Psalm 1261 Thessalonians 5:16-24John 1:6-8, 19-28http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Advent/BAdv3_RCL.html As we continue our journey through Advent, we spend another Sunday with John the Baptizer preparing ourselves to recognize Jesus when he comes to us. John wants to make sure we don’t miss this awesome event of God coming to beContinue reading “Knowing Ourselves”
Not to be Difficult, but …
Sunday, December 6, 2020Isaiah 40:1-11Psalm 85:1-2, 8-132 Peter 3:8-15Mark 1:1-8http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Advent/BAdv2_RCL.html How’s your Advent journey going? What surprises has God revealed to you about how divine love comes into this world? How is your view of ‘normal’ being interrupted? In today’s Gospel reading, we jump back to the beginning of Mark’s version of the story andContinue reading “Not to be Difficult, but …”
Living in Anticipation
Sunday, November 29, 2020The first Sunday of AdventIsaiah 64:1-9Psalm 80:1-7, 16-181 Corinthians 1:3-9Mark 13:24-37 In the Episcopal Church, we follow a church calendar that begins each new year not on January 1 but four Sundays before Christmas Day (the date can be from November 27 to December 3, depending on which day of the weekContinue reading “Living in Anticipation”
Who’s the Boss of You?
Sunday, November 22, 2020Christ the King SundayEzekiel 34:11-16, 20-24Psalm 100Ephesians 1:15-23Matthew 25:31-46http://lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Pentecost/AProp29_RCL.html Every year, when this last Sunday after Pentecost rolls around, it seems I find it more and more challenging to talk about what it means not just to say Christ is King but to live it. In first century Palestine, when Jesus walkedContinue reading “Who’s the Boss of You?”
Do not be Afraid
Based on the RCL for Sunday, November 15, 2020Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus tells a parable of investing in relationships: a man goes away and leaves each of three servants with something to care for based on their abilities. Two of them take what they’ve been given and “traded” with it – I imagine a bustling marketplace,Continue reading “Do not be Afraid”
Keeping our Lamps Ready
I’m late with this week’s Living Sunday School post (using the lectionary readings from November 8, 2020). I was hanging out with my 2 year old granddaughter (ok, and my son, too) so I know you’ll understand. But I didn’t want to skip it all together because this particular parable teaches us so much aboutContinue reading “Keeping our Lamps Ready”
We are blessed when we bless
The Lectionary readings for Sunday, November 1, 2020Revelation 7:9-17Psalm 34:1-10, 221 John 3:1-3Matthew 5:1-12 Just about a year ago I wrote a post on The Beatitudes and the Ten Commandments in my series on Compassion. If you have time, I encourage you to read it here. To live the beatitudes requires us to change ourContinue reading “We are blessed when we bless”
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