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Lectionary reflections - Luke 3:1-6
Luke 3: 1-6 Last Advent, my first preaching, I got tripped up by back-to-back John the Baptist texts. I found myself struggling to have two different messages because I did not think ahead to week 3 w… more →
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Lectionary reflections - Luke 3:1-6
John Meunier wrote 3 days ago: Luke 3: 1-6 Last Advent, my first preaching, I got tripped up by back-to-back John the Baptist texts … more →
Lectionary reflections - Luke 21:25-36
John Meunier wrote 1 week ago: Luke 21:25-36 Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness … more →
Lectionary reflections - John 18:33-37
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John Meunier wrote 2 weeks ago: John 18:33-37 English has punctuation, but biblical Greek does not. Verse 37 reads a bit differently … more →
Lectionary reflections - Mark 13:1-8
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John Meunier wrote 3 weeks ago: Mark 13:1-8 The talk of massive building and tumbling stones brings to mind images. The fall of the … more →
Lectionary - John 11:32-44
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John Meunier wrote 1 month ago: John 11:32-44 A not so useful observation: Here we see the practice popular with so many preachers o … more →
"It's All Sermon Prep to Me"
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adamjcopeland wrote 1 month ago: When I was in high school and chatting with a teacher about our churches, he said “I don’t think I c … more →
Lectionary reflections - Mark 10:46-52
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John Meunier wrote 1 month ago: Mark 10:46-52 Jesus asks Bartimaeus the same question he asked James and John. “What do you wa … more →
Lectionary reflections - Mark 10:35-45
John Meunier wrote 1 month ago: Mark 10:35-45 I remember going to the basketball game last year. My family had gotten in on some spe … more →
Don't swallow the camel - Mark 10:17-31
John Meunier wrote 1 month ago: Mark 10:17-31 We all know the “eye of the needle” story about a gate in Jerusalem is bun … more →
Lectionary help - Mark 10:2-16
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John Meunier wrote 2 months ago: By the end of this week, I may be rethinking my policy on lectionary preaching. Being both naive and … more →
Lectio brain lock - Mark 9:38-50 - take 2
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John Meunier wrote 2 months ago: Not content with my last crack at this, I took up pen and paper and tried to do just what I despaire … more →
Lectio brain lock - Mark 9:38-50
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John Meunier wrote 2 months ago: Mark 9:38-50 I’ve been wrestling with the lectionary for three days now, and – frankly … more →
Lectionary reflection - Mark 8:27-38
John Meunier wrote 2 months ago: Mark 8:27-38 Why does Jesus tell the disciples to keep quiet about the Messiah thing? Because they … more →
Lectionary reflections - Mark 8:27-38
John Meunier wrote 2 months ago: Mark 8:27-38 John Wesley’s standard sermon “On Self-Denial” takes as its text the … more →
Lectionary reflections - Mark 7:24-37
John Meunier wrote 3 months ago: Mark 7:24-37 A story is not everything that a person does. It is the things a person does that are i … more →
Lectionary reflections - Mark 7:1-23
John Meunier wrote 3 months ago: Mark 7:1-23 I’m cheating this week. Bad lectionary preacher, I am. Instead of taking a meat cl … more →
Early draft of sermon - John 6:56-69
John Meunier wrote 3 months ago: John 6:56-69 Draft needs much work. Fortunately, it is Thursday still. Does this offend you? Jesus a … more →
Lectionary reflections - John 6:56-69
John Meunier wrote 3 months ago: John 6:56-69 This is a hard teaching? This drove away many of the disciples? What exactly? This brie … more →
John 6:51-58 - Lectionary reflections
John Meunier wrote 3 months ago: John 6: 51-58 This passage screams out for a eucharist sermon, but I find myself needing to place th … more →
