Sundays
Recent Articles, Pentecost 16, Sept. 28, 2025
Sept 28, 2025, Season of Creation 4, Pentecost 16
Pentecost 16
Lectionary Pentecost 16, Year C
Commentary Pentecost 16, Year C, September 21, 2025
Visual Lectionary Vanderbilt, Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 28, 2025
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Voices in the Gospel – Rich Man and Lazarus
The Rich Man and Lazarus – Warning Tale and Interpretive Key
Lazarus Today
The Season of Creation, Sept 1 – Oct. 4, 2025
An Outline for the Season of Creation – “Peace with Creation”
Sept 28, 2025 – Promoting Action
Initiatives to protect the environment and address climate change
End of 2024 – Climate change action summary
Remembering…
The Autumn Equinox, Sept 22
St. Michael and the Angels, Sept 29
Early Fall
Sunday Links, Pentecost 15, Sept. 21, 2025
Recent Articles, Pentecost 15, Sept. 21, 2025
Sept 21, 2025, Pentecost 15 & Season of Creation 3
Pentecost 15 – The Season of Creation 3
Lectionary Pentecost 15, Year C
Commentary Pentecost 15, Year C, September 21, 2025
Visual Lectionary Vanderbilt, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 21, 2025
Podcast on the Gospel – “The Unjust Steward”
The Season of Creation, Sept 1 – Oct. 4, 2025
An Outline for the Season of Creation – Peace with Creation, Part 3
This week – Ecological Conversion
Ecological Conversion: A guide to individual action
Food Waste
From a new book – The Relationship between Food and Climate Change
How to turn the tables on food waste – from TED
Get the Details on Recycling
A Spiritual look at Climate Change
Remembering…
Poem “Wild Geese” – Mary Oliver
Praying with Creation – Giant Goldenrod
Matthew, Sept 22.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), Sept 26.
Sunday Links, Pentecost 14, Sept. 14, 2025
Recent Articles, Pentecost 14, Sept. 14, 2025
“Sept 14, 2025, Pentecost 14, Season of Creation 2”,
Pentecost 14 – Parables of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin
Lectionary Pentecost 14, Year C
The four readings for Pentecost 14 are bound together by the theme of God’s mercy in the face of human sin and lostness. In Exodus 32:7-14, God’s anger over Israel’s idolatry is met with Moses’ intercession, reminding us that God’s judgment is not final but open to mercy. Psalm 51:1-11 gives voice to the sinner’s plea for cleansing and renewal, expressing the personal dimension of repentance. In 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Paul reflects on his own life as a former blasphemer and persecutor, yet transformed by Christ’s abundant grace, showing that no one is beyond redemption. Finally, Luke 15:1-10 portrays God’s relentless pursuit of the lost in the parables of the sheep and coin, where heaven rejoices over even one sinner who repents. Taken together, the passages affirm that God’s nature is not to condemn but to seek, forgive, and restore, calling communities and individuals alike into gratitude and joy for divine mercy.
Pentecost 14, Year C, September 14, 2025
Podcast on the Gospel – Lost Sheep and Lost Coin
Visual Lectionary Vanderbilt, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 14, 2025
The Season of Creation, Sept 1 – Oct. 4, 2025. This week meditations on nature
What is the “Season of Creation”?
The Season of Creation, 2025
Keys to the Season of Creation
Part 2 – “Meditations” from An Outline for the Season of Creation –
Individual and Group Meditations on Climate Change
Longer Meditation “Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults”
Reflections based on our relationship with nature
A Spiritual look at Climate Change
Remembering…
Holy Cross Day, Sept 14
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) – musician, writer, prophetess – and saint
Sunday Links, Pentecost 13, Sept. 7, 2025
Sunday Links, Pentecost 12, Aug. 31, 2025
Recent Articles, Pentecost 12, Aug. 31, 2025
Pentecost 12 – Compassion and a warning against pride.
Newsletter Aug. 22, 2025
The readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 17, are unified by the themes of humility and self-giving love as the foundation of a life that honors God. Sirach warns that pride leads to ruin, emphasizing that true power and honor come from the Lord, not from human arrogance. Psalm 112 describes the righteous as generous, just, and fearless, grounded in humility and trust in God. Hebrews exhorts believers to live lives of hospitality, compassion, and praise, reminding them to honor Christ through loving deeds and shared sacrifices. In the Gospel, Jesus teaches a parable about choosing the lowly place at a banquet, underscoring that those who humble themselves will be exalted. Together, these passages call the faithful to embody humility, generosity, and hospitality as expressions of true discipleship.
Lectionary Pentecost 12, Year C
Commentary Pentecost 12
Visual Lectionary, Aug 31, 2025
The Gospel – Luke 14:1, 7-14 – Pentecost 12. The Way Up With God Is Down
Cultural background of the Gospel
Thoughts on Labor Day
Remembering…
Beheading of John the Baptist, Aug 29
Augustine of Hippo, Aug. 28
Sunday Links, Pentecost 11, Aug. 24, 2025
Recent Articles, Pentecost 11, Aug. 24, 2025
Pentecost 11 – Liberation, the Sabbath
Newsletter Aug. 22, 2025
Lectionary Pentecost 11, Year C
Commentary Pentecost 11
Visual Lectionary, Aug 24, 2025
The four passages for Proper 16 (Isaiah 58:9b-14, Psalm 103:1-8, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13:10-17) share a central theme of God’s transformative power and compassion, calling believers to live lives of justice, worship, and liberation. The example of liberation is at the Sabbath. Isaiah 58 urges the people to turn from empty religiosity to acts of mercy —loosening the bonds of injustice and honoring the Sabbath—as the true path to restoration. Psalm 103 echoes this with a celebration of God’s mercy and grace, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Hebrews contrasts the fearsome Mount Sinai with the joyous assembly at Mount Zion, emphasizing the awe-inspiring yet accessible presence of God now revealed through Christ. In Luke, Jesus heals a woman on the Sabbath, confronting legalism with compassion, embodying God’s desire to lift burdens and restore wholeness. Together, these readings call the faithful to recognize God’s holy presence not in rigid observance, but in merciful action and reverent joy.
Focus on the Gospel
Gospel – “Woman you are set free”
The Woman in the Gospel is revealing
Remembering…
St. Bartholomew, Aug 24
Recent Articles, Pentecost 10, Aug. 17, 2025
Pentecost 10 – Fire!
Lectionary Pentecost 10, Year C
Commentary Pentecost 10
A Word or Two about each Reading
Visual Lectionary, Aug 17, 2025
The four readings from the lectionary are united by the theme of God’s presence, justice, and the challenging call of faith. Jeremiah 23:23–29 reminds us that God is not distant but actively involved, with a word like fire and a hammer that breaks rock—powerful and transformative truth that challenges falsehood. Psalm 82 reveals God standing in judgment over corrupt powers, calling for justice for the weak and needy, echoing the divine demand for righteousness. Hebrews 11:29–12:2 continues this call through the faith of those who endured trials and upheaval, urging us to persevere by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. In Luke 12:49–56, Jesus declares that he brings not peace but division, emphasizing how the gospel confronts and disrupts the status quo, forcing decisions about justice, truth, and faith. Together, these readings call believers to courageous, discerning, and enduring faith in a God who acts decisively in history and in our lives.
Focus on the Gospel
Gospel, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! “
Voices from the Gospel, Pentecost 10
Remembering
Clare of Assisi (1194-1253), Aug. 11
Jonathan Myrick Daniels (1939-1965), Aug. 14
Virgin Mary, Aug 15