Monthly Archives: September 2018

Next Sunday, many churches will reflect on some or all of these passages. Is there a common theme? I think there is. I’ll not reveal what I think it is, I usually do that annoying teacher thing and ask, “What do you think it is?” Esther 4:1-17; 7:1-10; 9:20-22 Esther uses her influence in EmperorContinue reading “Esther, David, James and Jesus walk into a church…”

Another brief romp through the lectionary for next Sunday, September 23 Proverbs 31:10-31  Where is wisdom to be found? I recall many years ago, in the last millennium, when we young bachelor ministers in training listened to a lecture on how to pick “a suitable minister’s wife.” Such was the swiftly changing generational aspirations andContinue reading “Wisdom where?”

A quick and necessarily brief look at next Sunday’s RCL texts before commuting to a three-day workshop on palliative care … Isaiah 50:4-9 What it is to know your way! The prophet (the one who speaks forth YHWH’s message) reflects on his task. From his waking moments, the message consumes him, resisting all distraction andContinue reading “Monday Morning Again …”

A peek at what’s coming up next Sunday Proverbs 22:1-23 In these golden years of retirement with the spring sunshine streaming onto my desk, I hear this text as if the ruminations of a wizened old man in a rocking chair on his front verandah. In his reminiscing, he is reeling off all the life lessonsContinue reading “Monday Morning Musings”