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The Advent promise is not just incarnation, but resurrection and restoration. (And as I’m sure I said four years ago, bodies coming back to life are merely a metaphor for the resurrection.)
#EpicLectionary #NarrativeLectionary
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#EpicLectionary #NarrativeLectionary
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A Funny thing: Ezekiel 37
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Ezekiel 37:1-14, the Epic Lectionary for December 7 (my text for November 30 instead, because Advent is always complicated). This is also the Na…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Advent promise is not just incarnation, but resurrection and restoration. (And as I’m sure I said four years ago, bodies coming back to life are merely a metaphor for the resurrection.)
#EpicLectionary #NarrativeLectionary
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#EpicLectionary #NarrativeLectionary
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For the beginning of Advent, the #EpicLectionary will promise an enduring covenant that God’s own righteousness guarantees. Notes on Jeremiah 33:(10-13) 14-18 (19-26).
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A Funny thing: Jeremiah 33
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Jeremiah 33:(10-13) 14-18 (19-26), the Epic Lectionary text for November 30. (I’m preaching it on 11/23, as I’ve been running a week…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
For the beginning of Advent, the #EpicLectionary will promise an enduring covenant that God’s own righteousness guarantees. Notes on Jeremiah 33:(10-13) 14-18 (19-26).
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God’s call to renewed faithfulness reveals the state of our hearts, but the longing for faithfulness is already written at the depth of our being. The #EpicLectionary has selections from Jeremiah 36 and 31 (in that order because Jeremiah).
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A Funny thing: Jeremiah 36, 31
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; 31:31-34, the Epic Lectionary for November 16 and my preaching text for November 9. The choice to take the verses…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
God’s call to renewed faithfulness reveals the state of our hearts, but the longing for faithfulness is already written at the depth of our being. The #EpicLectionary has selections from Jeremiah 36 and 31 (in that order because Jeremiah).
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
God dwells among God’s people, not because we built a fancy house but insofar as we do justice with one another. We know this truth in theory, but in real life it’s pretty unpopular.
The #EpicLectionary begins a series of readings from Jeremiah on 11/9.
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The #EpicLectionary begins a series of readings from Jeremiah on 11/9.
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A Funny thing: Jeremiah 1, 7
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Jeremiah 1:4-10; 7:1-11, the Epic Lectionary for November 9 and my text for November 2. (I’ll be one week ahead of the Epic through Novemb…
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October 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
God dwells among God’s people, not because we built a fancy house but insofar as we do justice with one another. We know this truth in theory, but in real life it’s pretty unpopular.
The #EpicLectionary begins a series of readings from Jeremiah on 11/9.
ecologian.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/a...
The #EpicLectionary begins a series of readings from Jeremiah on 11/9.
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The #EpicLectionary aligns with the #NarrativeLectionary this week. Solomon built the Lord not so much a house as a call box. Where do we focus our attention (and where is God’s attention focused) that connects us with a God who is boundlessly everywhere?
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A Funny thing: 1 Kings 8
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with 1 Kings 8:1-13, 27-30, 41-43, the Epic Lectionary for October 26. This is one of the weeks when we more-or-less align with the NL, which has 5:1…
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October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The #EpicLectionary aligns with the #NarrativeLectionary this week. Solomon built the Lord not so much a house as a call box. Where do we focus our attention (and where is God’s attention focused) that connects us with a God who is boundlessly everywhere?
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The #EpicLectionary spends two weeks with the temple, building it this week and dedicating it next week. Solomon, the first heir to David’s royal house, gets to build the house for God’s name, and in the meantime he provides for the house of King Hiram.
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A Funny thing: 1 Kings 5-6
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with 1 Kings 5:1-12; 6:1-13, the Epic Lectionary for October 19. The NL gives us the beginning of chapter 5 twice, both times in connection with the …
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October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The #EpicLectionary spends two weeks with the temple, building it this week and dedicating it next week. Solomon, the first heir to David’s royal house, gets to build the house for God’s name, and in the meantime he provides for the house of King Hiram.
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The #EpicLectionary begins a three-week narrative arc focusing on Solomon (plus a fourth week bridging into the terrible kings on the way to Jeremiah). We get Solomon this year because of the way John’s gospel cares so much about how the temple relates to transcendence and incarnation.
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The #EpicLectionary begins a three-week narrative arc focusing on Solomon (plus a fourth week bridging into the terrible kings on the way to Jeremiah). We get Solomon this year because of the way John’s gospel cares so much about how the temple relates to transcendence and incarnation.
The #EpicLectionary finishes its Abraham/Sarah/Hagar arc with Genesis 22:1-19, in which Abraham shows that he will sacrifice anyone anytime anywhere for the promise.
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A Funny thing: Genesis 22
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Genesis 22:1-19, the Epic Lectionary for October 5. This text was this year’s Abraham episode in the NL and appears in the RCL Proper 8A. …
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The #EpicLectionary finishes its Abraham/Sarah/Hagar arc with Genesis 22:1-19, in which Abraham shows that he will sacrifice anyone anytime anywhere for the promise.
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The #EpicLectionary lingers with the story of Sarah and Abraham, including the very first laughter in the Bible (Genesis 17:17 and 18:12).
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A Funny thing: Genesis 17-18
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Genesis 17:15-22; 18:1-15, the Epic Lectionary texts for September 21. This combination of texts differs from the Narrative Lectionary. We’…
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September 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The #EpicLectionary lingers with the story of Sarah and Abraham, including the very first laughter in the Bible (Genesis 17:17 and 18:12).
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The #EpicLectionary starts four weeks with Abram and Sarai (names subject to change). Abram builds altars and walks away from them; how do we live today in service of a generation whose future we cannot see?
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A Funny thing: Genesis 12
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Genesis 12:1-9 (10-20), the Epic Lectionary reading for September 14. The main text was in the Narrative Lectionary for 2022 and the RCL for Ord…
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September 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The #EpicLectionary starts four weeks with Abram and Sarai (names subject to change). Abram builds altars and walks away from them; how do we live today in service of a generation whose future we cannot see?
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The litany of creation in Genesis 1 is about how to organize time. (And it suggests a great weekly liturgy of praise, if you can celebrate humanity on Friday afternoons.)
This week the #EpicLectionary lines up with the #NarrativeLectionary!
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This week the #EpicLectionary lines up with the #NarrativeLectionary!
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A Funny thing: Genesis 1
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Genesis 1:1-2:4a, the Epic Lectionary and Narrative Lectionary reading for September 7. (I’m actually pretty convinced that verse 2:4a is …
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September 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The litany of creation in Genesis 1 is about how to organize time. (And it suggests a great weekly liturgy of praise, if you can celebrate humanity on Friday afternoons.)
This week the #EpicLectionary lines up with the #NarrativeLectionary!
ecologian.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
This week the #EpicLectionary lines up with the #NarrativeLectionary!
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‘Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19
Deuteronomy 27:19
August 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
‘Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19
Deuteronomy 27:19
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“If you want to have loving feelings, do loving things.” - Anne Lamott
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“If you want to have loving feelings, do loving things.” - Anne Lamott
Did I write a liturgical prayer based on a section of the #pcusa constitution? Yes I did.
Am I proud of myself?
Honestly, yes I am.
#liturgy #church
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Am I proud of myself?
Honestly, yes I am.
#liturgy #church
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Faith, Hope, Love, Witness: Prayers of the People on F-1.0301
I love the Foundations of Presbyterian Polity in the PC(USA) Book of Order. To conclude my People of Mission summer worship series on that section, I adapted F-1.0301 “The Church Is the Body …
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August 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Did I write a liturgical prayer based on a section of the #pcusa constitution? Yes I did.
Am I proud of myself?
Honestly, yes I am.
#liturgy #church
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Am I proud of myself?
Honestly, yes I am.
#liturgy #church
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![Comic. PERSON 1 [to person with white hat]: It’s so weird reading these 18th Century scholars argue about minor Biblical details. It’s like they’re an online fandom or something—They’ve developed this whole elaborate canon. [caption] It’s fun when a word’s usage goes full circle and, by analogy, lands back on its original meaning.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicu5eycow24bnuslaj3ehng5icy7svqinod2ytinobhbnjveyblbq@jpeg)
The #EpicLectionary for late 2025 is updated and ready for your worship calendar starting September 7: ecologian.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/e...
Epic Lectionary late 2025
The Epic Lectionary for late 2025 is a substitute for the Narrative Lectionary Old Testament readings in preparation for the Gospel of John. My sequence always begins on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The #EpicLectionary for late 2025 is updated and ready for your worship calendar starting September 7: ecologian.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/e...
When the doomer fatalism on one side agrees with the narcissistic crowing on the other side, it’s time to read some actual @apnews.com reporting and analysis from people who are committed to understanding the scope of the actual #scotus decisions.
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When the doomer fatalism on one side agrees with the narcissistic crowing on the other side, it’s time to read some actual @apnews.com reporting and analysis from people who are committed to understanding the scope of the actual #scotus decisions.
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This is an appropriate time to remind folks that the judiciary was never going to save us. They are a useful tool to slow down the march of the fascists and buy us time. But they were never never never going to save us. We, The American People, will save us. Stop waiting for a rescue. Get to work.
June 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is an appropriate time to remind folks that the judiciary was never going to save us. They are a useful tool to slow down the march of the fascists and buy us time. But they were never never never going to save us. We, The American People, will save us. Stop waiting for a rescue. Get to work.
“The church does not have a mission. Christ's mission has a church."
While the #NarrativeLectionary leaves us to our own devices for the summer, I’m preaching a series from Acts. I’m calling it #PeopleOfMission and connecting each passage to a section of the #PCUSA Book of Order.
While the #NarrativeLectionary leaves us to our own devices for the summer, I’m preaching a series from Acts. I’m calling it #PeopleOfMission and connecting each passage to a section of the #PCUSA Book of Order.
June 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“The church does not have a mission. Christ's mission has a church."
While the #NarrativeLectionary leaves us to our own devices for the summer, I’m preaching a series from Acts. I’m calling it #PeopleOfMission and connecting each passage to a section of the #PCUSA Book of Order.
While the #NarrativeLectionary leaves us to our own devices for the summer, I’m preaching a series from Acts. I’m calling it #PeopleOfMission and connecting each passage to a section of the #PCUSA Book of Order.
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is the sign that salvation is offered as far as the extent of complicity in Jesus’ death. Which is to say, to all of humanity. #Pentecost #Bible #NarrativeLectionary
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A Funny thing: Acts 2
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Acts 2:1-21, 37-42, my text for Pentecost Sunday. The Narrative Lectionary proposes just verses 1-4 along with some Galatians. I had theoretical…
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June 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is the sign that salvation is offered as far as the extent of complicity in Jesus’ death. Which is to say, to all of humanity. #Pentecost #Bible #NarrativeLectionary
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I usually depart from the #NarrativeLectionary during #Eastertide because I want to save the post-Pentecost parts of Acts for... after Pentecost. There’s another week or two of material in Luke and just enough in Acts 1 to get to Pentecost.
April 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I usually depart from the #NarrativeLectionary during #Eastertide because I want to save the post-Pentecost parts of Acts for... after Pentecost. There’s another week or two of material in Luke and just enough in Acts 1 to get to Pentecost.
“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem,” Cleopas asks during the festival when Jerusalem fills up with strangers.
(And Jesus breaks the fourth wall with a giant wink to the audience.)
Notes on the road to Emmaus story:
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#NarrativeLectionary
(And Jesus breaks the fourth wall with a giant wink to the audience.)
Notes on the road to Emmaus story:
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#NarrativeLectionary
A Funny thing: Luke 24:13-35
A Funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit with Luke 24:13-35, the Narrative Lectionary for the Second Sunday of Easter. Where are we? Breaking Bread. Christa Prema Seva Ashram. Photo by Chris…
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April 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem,” Cleopas asks during the festival when Jerusalem fills up with strangers.
(And Jesus breaks the fourth wall with a giant wink to the audience.)
Notes on the road to Emmaus story:
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#NarrativeLectionary
(And Jesus breaks the fourth wall with a giant wink to the audience.)
Notes on the road to Emmaus story:
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#NarrativeLectionary
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Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter.
April 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter.
Why did I take so long to start getting my national news directly from APnews.com? @apnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why did I take so long to start getting my national news directly from APnews.com? @apnews.com