Month: January 2025
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If one suffers, all suffer with them
Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 26, 2025: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21; Psalm 19 “There are many members, yet one body.” Thus Paul, in the first letter to the Corinthians. What does it mean to be one body when we are clearly divided? This past week we have seen Bishop…
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Do good to those who hate you
Second Sunday after Epiphany, 19 January 2025: Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11; Psalm 36:5-10 Martin Luther King Jr., Pastor and Martyr Exodus 3:7–12; Psalm 77:11–20; Ephesians 6:10-20; Luke 6:27–36 Today I am juggling two sets of readings: those for the second Sunday after Epiphany, and those for Martin Luther King Jr. Together they…
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I have called you by name, you are mine
First Sunday after Epiphany, The Baptism of our Lord: Isaiah 43:1-7; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Psalm 29 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;…
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Jesus as a child
Second Sunday after Christmas, January 5, 2025: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52; or Matthew 2:1-12; Psalm 84 or 84:1-8 This Sunday, the lectionary offers three choices for the Gospel: two phases of the story of the Wise Men, and the story of Jesus in the temple. These are among the few…