For the Gospel: Luke 24:36b-48 I’m not a fan of most supernatural horror movies, but there are some good, well-made, thought-provoking ghost films out there, by which I mean films that are less about scaring you witless and more about making you think about what it...
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[caption id="attachment_1015" align="alignleft" width="223"] Florence Li Tim-Oi[/caption] In 1948, C. S. Lewis published an essay against the ordination of women titled, “Notes on the Way.” It was posthumously re-titled, “Priestesses in the Church?” with a question mark at the end, indicating Lewis’s dubiousness about the concept...
Year B: For the Old Testament: 1 Sam. 3:1-20; for the Gospel: John 1:43-51. Our readings today continue the Epiphany themes of “manifestation” and “revelation”. In the Old Testament reading, God calls to the infant Samuel and reveals what is to come. In the New, Our Lord...
First Sunday after Epiphany. Year B. For the Gospel: Mark 1:1-11 (I’ve added the three opening verses, as permitted by BCP p 888 last paragraph). Mark begins his book with words about a beginning: “A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ,” he says, “as it...
For the Gospel: Luke 2:1-20 Saint Luke paints his nativity scene on a very wide canvas. He begins by solemnly invoking the Roman imperium: “In those days a decree went out from the Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered” (Luke 2:1). It is...
For the Psalm: The Magnificat. For the Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 Our readings on this last Sunday of Advent take us to two points in Saint Luke’s story of Our Lord’s birth. The gospel tells us of the Annunciation, culminating with Our Lady’s joyful acceptance of God’s call,...
Advent 3, Year B: Old Testament Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11, Gospel John 1:6-8, 19-28 I spent a very interesting hour last Tuesday talking with Rebecca Wright[1] about this morning’s Old Testament reading—the reading from Isaiah. She thinks that what the prophet may be talking about when...
For the Proper: Proverbs 19:17, 20-23, Psalm 145:8-13, 1 John 4:7-14, Mark 10:13-16 You disgust me. How can you live with yourself? You sit on a throne of lies. You’re a fake. You stink. You smell like beef and cheese. You don’t smell like Santa. Yes, the classic “You Sit on a Throne of Lies”...
For the Old Testament Reading: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25. I’d like to spend a few minutes with you this morning looking at our Old Testament lesson. It's a dramatic and memorable scene—even somewhat iconic. It begins with Joshua gathering together the elders, heads, judges and officers of...