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This thing has feathers. (pinned post)
Tags: UncategorizedYeah, yeah, I misquoted Dickinson. (She wrote, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” not “Hope’s the thing…” But this is a meme I made a while back that isn’t really a meme because it’s not meming, but it does seem, unfortunately, to be evergreen: Feel free to use it if you like, though.
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The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11), Year A (Track 1)—July 19, 2026 Genesis 28:10-19aPsalm 139: 1-11, 22-23Romans 8:12-25Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 The lectionary today does not match the Genesis story to the Gospel we would expect. Perhaps I should have saved this work of art for a time when the two are aligned. Jesus uses the…
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“If it is to be this way, why do I live?”
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10), Year A (Track 1)—July 12, 2026 Genesis 25:19-34Psalm 119:105-112Romans 8:1-11Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 I have to confess; I find that phrase of Rebekkah’s to be rather quotable. I mean, it applies a lot. Right? And while the illustration above might tell us more about medieval birthing practices, it also somewhat…
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“The King Will Have Pleasure in Your Beauty”
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (Proper 9), Track 1—July 5, 2026Note: This is published way behind schedule, in part due to a power outage from July 3-July7 Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Psalm 45: 11-18or Song of Solomon 2:8-13Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 I was working as a verger at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, when the Episcopal…
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Excuses & Apologies
Tags: UncategorizedIf this is pinned, it’s got new information Hi there! I haven’t given up blogging the lectionary, I’ve just fallen behind due to a number of things, not the least of which was a fairly long power outage last weekend and into this past week. I have no real excuse for not catching up this…
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A story that won’t let us look away
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (track 1), Proper 8—June 28, 2026 Genesis 22:1-14Psalm 13Romans 6:12-23Matthew 10:40-42 Readers of this blog will both be keenly aware, and breathe a sigh of relief knowing, that I am not a preacher. And I certainly don’t envy any preacher who might try to connect today’s readings. It…
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