The Sunday lectionary gospel reading for Easter 7 in Year B is John 17.6–19, the central section of Jesus’ so-called ‘High ...

The New Testament consists of 27 books. The story of how we got the order we have today is very interesting, and it affects ...

The lectionary reading for Easter 6 in Year B is the second half of what appears to be a single section of Jesus’ teaching, ...

Western Christians have long read the Passion narrative from John’s Gospel at Good Friday worship, a tradition that lectionary-observing churches continue today. Whatever else it is, this is a passage ...

It is a measure of the value which the Church places upon them that every parable without exception occurs in the Sunday lectionary readings. When Jesus preached so strikingly in parables ...

I love the imperative issued by Psalm 98. The psalmist is bossy: Sing to the Lord a new song. He or she doesn’t stop with human worshippers equipped with voices and instruments: the psalm goes on to ...

Some of these services draw from the African American Lectionary, where theologian J. Kameron Carter writes, Juneteenth invites us to reflect upon the fact that during the two-and-a-half-year ...

The twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843–1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843–1920) were pioneering biblical scholars who became experts in a number of ancient languages. Travelling widely in the Middle East, ...

I had been hoping that one of the consequences of the Synod and parish input into it would have altered the way the clergy ...

Bethany Union Church, 1750 W. 103rd St., will continue its 152nd-anniversary celebration this weekend with the third program ...

One verse that has been drawing my attention this week is verse 12: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” As one person pointed out in a Bible study I led, the text ...

Tea and Sabbath/National Day of Prayer will be hosted by Presbyterian Women at 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. A time of silent prayerful meditation will be followed by a light lunch. Men and ...