From the Vault: The Best of First Reading
Lectionary Date: July 23, 2023 [8th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
An encore presentation of our episode from 2020.
Genesis 25:19–34
From the Vault: The Best of First Reading
Lectionary Date: July 16, 2023 [7th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
An encore presentation of our episode from 2020.
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
On the Road Again
Lectionary Date: July 9, 2023 [6th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
Paul jumps into a famous love story and finds a biblical travelogue.
Genesis 22:1–14
Abraham’s Covenant Choice
Lectionary Date: July 2, 2023 [5th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
Rosy goes for the jugular in this challenging biblical text.
Genesis 21:8–21
An Unfair Disinheritance
Lectionary Date: June 25, 2023 [4th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
Paul wades into a challenging text to offer insight, context, and even some resistance.
Genesis 18:1–15
(S)he Laughs
Lectionary Date: June 18, 2023 [3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
Rosy has some great insights into a mysterious birth announcement.
Genesis 12:1–9; Hosea 5:15–6:6
Party Episode!
Lectionary Date: June 11, 2023 [2nd Sunday after Pentecost, Year A]
Rachel, Rosy, and Tim talk about Abram’s call and Hosea’s sin-sickness.
Genesis 1:1–2:4a
Bereshit Bara’ Elohim
Lectionary Date: June 4, 2023 [Trinity Sunday, Year A]
Rachel offers some mystical reflections on a familiar text.
Numbers 11:24–30
Eldad and Medad
Lectionary Date: May 28, 2023 [Day of Pentecost, Year A]
It’s an OT outpouring of the Holy Spirit for this Pentecost text!
Psalm 68:1–10, 32–35
The One Who Rides Upon the Clouds
Lectionary Date: May 21, 2023 [7th Sunday of Easter, Year A]
It’s Ascension Week! Tim tries to show that Jesus’ ascension was NOT an anticlimax to the Gospel.