Matthew 22:15-22
“give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s”
Proper 24A
October 18, 2026
2 Samuel 20:1-3, 14-22
“I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel.”
A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 23
October 11, 2026
2 Samuel 11:2-15
“he saw from the roof a woman bathing”
A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 21
September 27, 2026
Prayer of Confession Contemplating America’s 250th Anniversary
“we hear histories told backwards, shuffled and reconstructed to assure us that the ideas we like best are at the heart of who we’ve always been.”
Ruth 3:1-18
“the man was startled and turned over, and there, lying at his feet, was a woman!”
NL
June 14, 2026
1 Kings 3
“Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David”
1 Kings 2
“you will know what you ought to do to him, and you must bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol”
1 Kings 1
“let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be his attendant”
Ruth 2:1-23
“please, let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the reapers”
NL
June 7, 2026
Galatians 4
“you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God”