Psalm 39; Jeremiah 11:1-17; Romans 2:1-11 Psalm 39 has an amazing description of what I call "amygdala overload." You hold your tongue...

Psalm 63:1-8; Daniel 12:1-4; Revelation 3:1-6 What is a prophet? What is something if it is prophetic? What is prophesy (the noun)? ...

Psalm 63:1-8; Daniel 3:19-30; Revelation 2:8-11 Personally, I find Psalm 63 to be incredibly comforting. When ruminating or...

Psalm 105:1-42; 2 Chronicles 20:1-22; Luke 13:22-31 "Will only a few be saved?" I think the fact that Jesus does not answer this...

Psalm 105:1-42; Numbers 14:10b-24; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 The lectionary gives us great passages that we might not otherwise read. The...

Psalm 105:1-42; Exodus 33:1-6; Romans 4:1-12 "For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God....

Psalm 27; Genesis 14:17-24; Philippians 3:17-20 The blessing of Melchizedek is cited by the author of Hebrews. You can see why...

Psalm 27; Genesis 13:1-7, 14-18; Philippians 3:2-12 There are some cool things in all three of these scriptures. One is an answer from a...

Psalm 17; Job 1:1-22; Luke 21:34-22:6 Three days each week, the lectionary looks backwards to the previous Sunday. We get one Psalm...

Psalm 17; Zechariah 3:1-10; 2 Peter 2:4-21 Peter sure is grumpy and judgy today. The high point to me in Peter was "the Lord knows how...

Psalm 17; 1 Chronicles 21:1-17; 1 John 2:1-6 The first thing I have to say about the lectionary and Chronicles today is that personally I...

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Exodus 6:1-13; Acts 7:35-42 We who are full of innate depravity and self-conviction get into the bad habit of...

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Exodus 5:10-23; Acts 7:30-34 The relationship between Moses and the Hebrew people is a rocky one. He was their...

Here's a link to the Ash Wednesday Scripture at the Vanderbilt Lectionary site. Here's all the stuff that I liked about the Daily...

Lent is a good time for self-reflection, but God also wants us to enjoy good things. One thing I do as a spiritual discipline is read...