Galatians 4
“you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God”
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Matthew 28:16-20
“I am with you always, to the end of the age”
Trinity Sunday A
Trinity Sunday – A Women’s Lectionary
May 31, 2026
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
“listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace”
Trinity Sunday A
May 31, 2026
Psalm 8
“what are human beings that you are mindful of them?”
Trinity Sunday A
May 31, 2026
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
“let there be a dome in the midst of the waters”
Trinity Sunday A
May 31, 2026
Matthew 5:3-9
“blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy”
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May 31, 2026
Ruth 1:1-22
“call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me”
Narrative Lectionary
May 31, 2026
2 Peter 1:16-18
“he received honor and glory from God”
Trinity Sunday – A Women’s Lectionary
May 31, 2026
Psalms 130:5-8 & 131:1-3
“my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high”
Trinity Sunday – A Women’s Lectionary
May 31, 2026
Hosea 11:1-4
“it was I who taught Ephraim to walk”
Trinity Sunday – A Women’s Lectionary
May 31, 2026
Luke 1:39-57
“when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb”
Visitation of Mary to Elizbeth ABC
May 31, 2026
Romans 12:9-16b
“let love be genuine”
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth ABC
May 31, 2026
Psalm 113
“he raises the poor from the dust”
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth ABC
May 31, 2026
1 Samuel 2:1-10
“the Lord makes poor and makes rich”
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth ABC
May 31, 2026
Galatians 2
“James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me”
Galatians 1
“Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age”
John 7:37-39
“let anyone who is thirsty come to me”
Day of Pentecost A
May 24, 2026
John 20:19-23
“blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe”
Day of Pentecost A
May 24, 2026
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13
“there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit”
Day of Pentecost A
May 24, 2026
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
“there go the ships and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it”
Day of Pentecost A
May 24, 2026
Numbers 11:24-30
“the Lord took some of the spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders”
Day of Pentecost A
May 24, 2026
Acts 2:1-21
“all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit”
Day of Pentecost A
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Pentecost – A Women’s Lectionary
May 24, 2026
John 14:16-17
“the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive”
NL446
May 24, 2026
John 14:8-17
“he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever”
Day of Pentecost – A Women’s Lectionary
May 24, 2026
Romans 8:14-17, 22-27
“all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God”
Day of Pentecost – A Women’s Lectionary
May 24, 2026
Psalm 104:1-4, 10-15, 27-30
“you make springs gush forth in the valleys”
Day of Pentecost – A Women’s Lectionary
May 24, 2026
Isaiah 44:1-8
“the Lord who made you, who formed you in the womb and will help you”
Pentecost – A Women’s Lectionary
May 24, 2026
John 4:7-26
“the water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life”
Pentecost Vigil – A Women’s Lectionary
May 23-24, 2026
Acts 2:1-18
“all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit”
Pentecost Vigil – A Women’s Lectionary
May 23-24, 2026
Psalm 139:7-14
“the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you”
Pentecost Vigil – A Women’s Lectionary
May 23-24, 2026
Exodus 19:1-19
“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud”
Pentecost Vigil – A Women’s Lectionary
May 23-24, 2026
Joel 2:27-32
“I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth”
Pentecost Vigil – A Women’s Lectionary
May 23-24, 2026
2 Samuel 21
“she did not allow the birds of the air to come on the bodies by day or the wild animals by night”
Luke 24:44-53
“the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day”
Ascension of the Lord ABC
May 14, 2026
Ephesians 1:15-23
“and seated Christ at God’s right hand in the heavenly places”
Ascension of the Lord ABC
May 14, 2026
Psalm 93
“the floods have lifted up their voice”
Ascension of the Lord ABC
May 10, 2026
Psalm 47
“shout to God with loud songs of joy”
Ascension of the Lord – A Women’s Lectionary
May 14, 2026
Luke 24:46-53
“he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven”
Feast of the Ascension – A Women’s Lectionary
May 14, 2026
Revelation 3:20-22
“I am standing at the door, knocking”
Feast of the Ascension – A Women’s Lectionary
May 14, 2026
John 17:1-11
“Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me”
Seventh Sunday of Easter A
May 17, 2026
1 Peter 4:12-14 & 5:6-11
“cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you”
Seventh Sunday of Easter A
May 17, 2026
Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
“the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain at the presence of God”
Seventh Sunday of Easter A
May 17, 2026
Acts 1:6-14
“Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way”
Seventh Sunday of Easter A
May 17, 2026
Philippians 2:1-13
“emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness”
NL445
May 17, 2026
John 11:28-44
“he cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!'”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 17, 2026
1 Peter 1:3-9
“a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead”
Seventh Sunday of Easter – A Women’s Lectionary
May 17, 2026
Psalm 111
“great are the works of the Lord”
Seventh Sunday of Easter – A Women’s Lectionary
May 17, 2026
Deuteronomy 29:10-15
“enter into the covenant of the Lord your God”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 17, 2026
Acts 18:24-27
“when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him aside and explained the Way of God to him more accurately”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 17, 2026
John 14:15-21
“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you”
Sixth Sunday of Easter A
May 10, 2026
1 Peter 3:13-22
“even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed”
Sixth Sunday of Easter A
May 10, 2026
Psalm 66:8-20
“we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a spacious place”
Sixth Sunday of Easter A
May 10, 2026
Acts 17:22-31
“I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship”
Sixth Sunday of Easter A
May 10, 2026
Luke 9:46-48
“whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me”
NL444
May 10, 2026
John 11:17-27
“your brother will rise again”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2026
Romans 6:5-11
“if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2026
Psalm 145:8-19
“the Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2026
Deuteronomy 28:58-68
“the Lord will bring you back in ships to Egypt, by a route that I promised you would never see again”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2026
Acts 17: 1-4, 10-12
“it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2026
2 Samuel 20
“we have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”
John 14:1-14
“have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?”
Fifth Sunday of Easter A
May 3, 2026
1 Peter 2:2-10
“like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk”
Fifth Sunday of Easter A
May 3, 2026
Acts 7:55-60
“while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed”
Fifth Sunday of Easter A
May 3, 2026
John 1:16-18
“from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace”
NL443
May 3, 2026
Acts 17:16-31
“I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god'”
NL443
May 3, 2026
John 5:25-29
“he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man”
A Women’s Lectionary – Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 3, 2026
2 Corinthians 4:13-15
“I believed, and so I spoke”
A Women’s Lectionary – Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 3, 2026
Psalm 147:12-20
“God scatters frost like ashes”
Fifth Sunday of Easter – A Women’s Lectionary
May 3, 2026
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
“all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you”
Fifth Sunday of Easter – A Women’s Lectionary
May 3, 2026
Acts 5:12-16
“that Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he came by”
A Women’s Lectionary – Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 3, 2026
2 Samuel 17
“…I will set out and pursue David tonight. I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic”
Bringing a Little Light in a Time of Tragedy with Pizza and Cookies
The Soul Cafe responded to the attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan by donating food to parents and first responders.
Palestinians & Israelis Share Dreams of Peace
Wanting peace, dreaming of peace, creating peace
Calling Antisemitism a Sin in Nazi Germany without Retaliation
A seldom remembered Baptist World Alliance meeting denounced Nazi sins and helped inspire untold generations…
The Ship that Sunk at the Dock in Calm Water
Greed and a dismissal of basic physics led to the tragedy of the SS Eastland
Slave Spirituals Connect Us with Christ
Learn a bit about coded meanings in slave spirituals and the twisted version of Christianity that slave-holders taught them.
What did Adam and Eve Ever Do to the Devil?
A nonbiblical writing tells the tale of the Devil getting kicked out of heaven and more…
What’s Dove Got to Do With it?
What is the cultural significance of doves in the Bible? What can we learn from the different ways doves appear in scripture?
A Profoundly Unexpected Light for Christmas Eve
In 1965, a huge meteorite exploded over Barwell, England on Christmas Eve.
Making Peace Where It’s Impossible
Two communities in northern Kenya find an extraordinary way to make peace with one another.
Solomon’s Growing Abuse of Forced Labor
Solomon’s palaces and buildings relied on heavy taxes and forced labor of his own people.
Sin Doesn’t Burn Away
During the bonfire of the vanities, the people set other peoples’ belongings on fire, but did that transform Florence into a righteous city?
Hospitality the Greco-Roman Way
Why was hospitality so important to Greco-Romans? What did it look like for them?
Holy Man-Eating Apocrypha!
The apostle Matthias confronts some magical, terrifying cannibals in a 4th-5th century nonbiblical book.
Luke 23
“having said this, he breathed his last”
Passion/Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Passion C
April 13, 2025
John 10:1-10
“the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep”
Fourth Sunday of Easter A
April 26, 2026