The darkness can’t apprehend the light, but the powers of darkness will receive the light by the light’s own volition. The world does not know the one through whom it came into being, but that one knows the world.
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For the third Sunday of Advent, Isaiah tells us that maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store…
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The Advent promise is not just incarnation, but resurrection and restoration. (And as I’m sure I said four years ago, bodies coming back to life are merely a metaphor for the resurrection.)
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For the beginning of Advent, the #EpicLectionary will promise an enduring covenant that God’s own righteousness guarantees. Notes on Jeremiah 33:(10-13) 14-18 (19-26).
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God’s call to renewed faithfulness reveals the state of our hearts, but the longing for faithfulness is already written at the depth of our being. The #EpicLectionary has selections from Jeremiah 36 and 31 (in that order because Jeremiah).
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God dwells among God’s people, not because we built a fancy house but insofar as we do justice with one another. We know this truth in theory, but in real life it’s pretty unpopular.
The #EpicLectionary begins a series of readings from Jeremiah on 11/9.
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The #EpicLectionary aligns with the #NarrativeLectionary this week. Solomon built the Lord not so much a house as a call box. Where do we focus our attention (and where is God’s attention focused) that connects us with a God who is boundlessly everywhere?
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The #EpicLectionary spends two weeks with the temple, building it this week and dedicating it next week. Solomon, the first heir to David’s royal house, gets to build the house for God’s name, and in the meantime he provides for the house of King Hiram.
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The #EpicLectionary begins a three-week narrative arc focusing on Solomon (plus a fourth week bridging into the terrible kings on the way to Jeremiah). We get Solomon this year because of the way John’s gospel cares so much about how the temple relates to transcendence and incarnation.
The #EpicLectionary finishes its Abraham/Sarah/Hagar arc with Genesis 22:1-19, in which Abraham shows that he will sacrifice anyone anytime anywhere for the promise.
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The #EpicLectionary lingers with the story of Sarah and Abraham, including the very first laughter in the Bible (Genesis 17:17 and 18:12).
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The #EpicLectionary starts four weeks with Abram and Sarai (names subject to change). Abram builds altars and walks away from them; how do we live today in service of a generation whose future we cannot see?
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The litany of creation in Genesis 1 is about how to organize time. (And it suggests a great weekly liturgy of praise, if you can celebrate humanity on Friday afternoons.)
This week the #EpicLectionary lines up with the #NarrativeLectionary!
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The #EpicLectionary for late 2025 is updated and ready for your worship calendar starting September 7: ecologian.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/e...
