Stay with the Psalm as uncomfortable as it is. Remorse isn’t pretty but it’s plentiful in today’s readings! David and Saul from their regret at trying to kill each other and what amounts to a passive food fight over the Lord’s Supper in Corinth! Lord have mercy! Psalm 38 My pain stays with meI stumbleContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 22 Feb 2022”
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Lectionary Haiku 21 Feb 2022
The Psalmist’s penitent lament, the ancient and elaborate reconciliation rites of two estranged brothers, and the apostle’s household etiquette reasoning sound strange to our ears. Nevertheless, is Paul dismissive when he concludes, “But if anyone is disposed to be contentious—we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God?” Psalm 38 Deep remorse andContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 21 Feb 2022”
Lectionary Haiku 20 Feb 2022
These are the texts you may hear in church this morning, folks. There are four today, and that Psalm keeps repeating but adds a little more. Joseph reveals himself as the long-disappeared brother, now well-placed to save his people from famine. Paul wrestles to articulate the duality of the resurrected body and Luke takes usContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 20 Feb 2022”
Lectionary Haiku 18 Feb 2022
Looks like the Psalms are repeating several times at the moment – never mind, they yield multiple haikus! Joseph’s family reconciliation intrigue continues through kidnapping and ransom! Apostle John writes a tender pastoral letter. Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 Don’t let the blightersGet ‘neath your epidermis.Stay cool; watch closely! ++++++++++++++ Genesis 44:1-17 To win hearts, play tricks!NoContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 18 Feb 2022”
Lectionary Haiku 17 Feb 2022
Today a fresh Psalm, a possible family reconciliation, and assurance on grace Psalm 37:1-11 In spite of it allGoodness lights your dim pathwaysTrust in your compass! +++++++++ Genesis 43:16-34 Nearing the tender conclusion of the long saga of Joseph”s abandonment, advance to power, and the beginning of a journey of reconciliation with his remorseful brothers.Continue reading “Lectionary Haiku 17 Feb 2022”
Lectionary Haiku 16 Feb 2022
A short background on each of the day’s three texts might help. Psalm 120 is repeated yet again, yet this song of lament by a leader caught up in nefarious slander against him offers several points of connection. Sticks and stones don’t breakBones made of iron and steelBut, dear God, they sting! Jeremiah 22:11-17 revealsContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 16 Feb 2022”
Lectionary Haiku 14 Feb 2022
Now here’s a project and a way to reflect on daily readings from the Bible. If it yields the fruit that I hope, I’ll make it a tab on this blog. I propose to post haiku reflections on each of the three selections from the daily Revised Common Lectionary (the interchurch three year bible readingContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 14 Feb 2022”
Lenten Voices: Synchronicity
Over the last twenty years, I have delved into deeper, more ancient understandings of the Christian journey, wandering in and out of an eclectic mainstream of traditions while steering firmly from my own tribal barque. The cross-cultural backwaters of orthodoxy, medieval contemplative mystics, holistic Celtic fervour, spiritual direction, the beauty of some sacred textual translationsContinue reading “Lenten Voices: Synchronicity”
Disaster & Discipleship
As one prepares for sermons this Sunday, one wonders how the lectionary will speak into the preoccupations of a community. Not only the Queensland floods (15 lives lost), but the many more lives lost in flooding this week in Brazil, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and South Africa will be not far from our minds. TheContinue reading “Disaster & Discipleship”
"Increase Our Faith!" – a realistic demand?
A Church Anniversary Sermon Luke 17: 5-10 Some are saying the monks of Myanmar are no more. The saffron revolution is over. The dream of these peace-loving clerics was that they might act as a conciliatory go-between for the impoverished population and the brutal military junta that has reigned for over a decade. Today monasteriesContinue reading “"Increase Our Faith!" – a realistic demand?”
Wondering Pilgrim 