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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23, October 12, 2025: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-11; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Jeremiah is, as always, telling the people things they do not want to hear. This is a message to the “elders in exile”, so it’s a message to the people who last week were grieving and…

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, 5 October 2025: Lamentations 1:1-6; Lamentations 3:19-26 or Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 How do we hang on to hope? How do we live with grief? All our readings today circle around that question. The answers they give are not the same, but reflect the different ways we respond…

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 14, 2025, Proper 19: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 For thus says the Lord: The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end. (Jer. 4:12) So that’s where we are. The world is a mess, but we’re not at…

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18, September 7, 2025: Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 For you yourself created my inmost parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thus Psalm 139 reminds us that we were created by God, and that the Lord has been with us always. Yet the…

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 31, 2025: Jeremiah 2:4-13; Psalm 81:1, 10-16;Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers“, our selection from the letter to the Hebrews begins. After all, “by doing that, some have entertained angels without knowing it“. Harking back to the story of Abraham, the writer…

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 24, 2025: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17 Jeremiah is afraid. “I am only a boy“: how can I be a prophet to the nations? And the Lord, who has already told him that he was appointed for this task in the womb, tells him, “Do not be…

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 14, August 10, 2025: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40 This is a week where the readings should be read in reverse order. Jesus is telling us to be ready for the second coming, to store up treasures in heaven. Paul reminds us of the…

8th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 13: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21 In today’s parable, Jesus tells us of the rich man, who has to build new barns to hold the produce of his land. The rich man tells his soul to “relax, eat, drink and be merry“. Yet he is about…

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12: Hosea 1:2-10; Psalm 85;Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19); Luke 11:1-13 “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” So, like many of us, the disciples were not sure they knew how to pray. It’s reassuring, isn’t it? And so in today’s reading we have Jesus offering the prayer we…

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 20, 2025: Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 Today’s gospel brings us the story of Mary and Martha. It’s a familiar story, and there’s not much new to say about it. Jesus comes to the house, and Mary sits and listens to him. Martha fusses with her “many…