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Sunday of the Passion/ Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026: The Liturgy of the Palms: Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29. The Liturgy of the Word: Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14- 27:66 The readings for today span many emotions, and place us in difficult places. After all, we know that sometimes we are cheering…

Fifth Sunday in Lent, 21 March 2026: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45; Psalm 130 The Lord says to Ezekiel, “Mortal, can these bones live?” The answer is, of course, yes. The Lord causes the bones to be knit together, and eventually to breathe. And then the Lord has Ezekiel tell the people of Israel,…

Third Sunday in Lent, 8 March 2026: Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42; Psalm 95 The Israelites were quarreling and unhappy. They’d left Egypt, and were in the “wilderness”, a desert. There was no water. They quarreled with Moses. Why had he taken them from Egypt into this unforgiving land, where they and their livestock…

Second Sunday in Lent, 1 March 2026: Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17; Psalm 121 In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. (Genesis 12:3) God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:17)…

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 8, 2026: Psalm 112:1-9, (10); Isaiah 58:1-9a, 9b-12]; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16]; Matthew 5:13-20 “You are the salt of the earth“. Jesus is giving us an identity, but it’s a description. We *are* salt. Salt: in Jesus’ world, it was a primary preservative, keeping food fresh for times when it…

Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, February 1, 2026: Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12; Psalm 15 What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? It seems simple. Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly with your God. It is all action, things…

Third Sunday of Epiphany, 25 January 2026: Isaiah 9:1-4; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23; Psalm 27:1, 5-13 When Jesus begins his ministry, he moved to Capernaum in the land of Zebulun and Naphtali. Matthew tells us that this is to fulfill the promise of Isaiah that we read to day: “the people who walked in…

Second Sunday of Christmas: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23; Matthew 2:1-12; Psalm 84:1-8 For today, preachers are given three choices for the gospel, and I have chosen to put together the two readings from Matthew. It gives us almost the whole story around Herod and the birth of Jesus. There is a lot of…

First Sunday of Christmas, December 28, 2025: Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18; Psalm 147 or 147:13-21 John begins his gospel with an alternate version of the creation. In the beginning was the word. In this version of the creation, Jesus has been there from the beginning. All things came into being through him,…

Fourth Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 We enter not only the shortest day of the year, but a time of mystery. Isaiah tells us that “the young woman is with child and will bear a son“. Joseph, engaged to Mary, learns that she is pregnant, “by the Holy…