Living Sacrifices, "Spiritual" Worship, and Following Jesus
Proper 16 Year A; Rom 12:1-8, Matt 16:13-20
Andrew’s Version
Weekly comment on the Revised Common Lectionary as used in The Episcopal Church, from Andrew McGowan of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
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A Jewish Jesus and a Canaanite Woman Chew the Fat
Proper 15/20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A 2026: Matt 15: (10-20), 21-28
Walking on Water: Justice and Worship
Proper 14/11th after Pentecost, Year A, 2026; Matt 14:22-33
Gathering Fragments
10th after Pentecost/Proper 13, Year A 2026; Matt 14:13-21.
Parables and Other Treasures
Proper 12 year A, 2026; Matt 13:31-33, 44-52
Waiting for God: Seeds and Weeds
Proper 11, Year A 2026; Matt 13:23-30, 36-43
The Struggle of the Sower
Proper 10, Year A, 2026; Matt 13:1-9, 18-23.
Jesus and Wisdom's Feast
Proper 9, Year A 2026; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
The Economy of the Regime of God: Rewards for Little Ones
Matthew’s “Missionary Discourse” winds up today in a third week of Sunday excerpts.
Solidarity: Losing our lives with Jesus
Proper 7 Year A; Matt 10:24-39
The Exclusive, Expanding Mission of Jesus
Proper 6/3rd after Pentecost, Year A 2026; Matt 9:35-10:8(9-23)
Mercy, Not Sacrifice: Jesus, Purity, and Hope
Proper 5 Year A; Hos 5:15-6:6, Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26.
Matthew's End: Discipleship, Baptism, and Trinity
Trinity Sunday, Year A, 2026. Matthew 28:16-20.
Update/correction
A couple of keen readers saw I had made a mistake in the post for Pentecost you received as an email (reading too many texts during Commencement weekend here…).
Pentecost: The Mission of the Spirit
Pentecost 2026; Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23
Another World: Ascension and Glory
Easter 7 Year A 2026, Acts 1:6-14, John 17:1-7
Another Paraclete: The Strange Spirit of Love
John 14:15-21
Love Makes a Place to Stay
Easter 5 2026; John 14:1-14
The Power of the Shepherd
Easter 4 Year A 2026; Ps 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10
Emmaus: Breaking Bread, Telling Stories
Easter 3 2026; Luke 24:13-35
Thomas and the Body of Jesus
Easter 2 2026; John 20:19-31