Category Archives: Church Year

Lectionary Reading 2 August

Lectionary Reading           2 August Read: Genesis 32:22-31  Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:24 (NRSV) At least once in everyone’s life there comes a moment when you are left alone, alone to reflect on where you stand in your own estimation. They say when a person isContinue reading “Lectionary Reading 2 August”

26 July Part 2

Lectionary Reading      July 26   Part 2 Read. Romans 8:26-39. The idea of predestination is for many people hard to grasp yet in reality it is perfectly logical.  The God who is Alpha and Omega (the beginning and the end), will of course know both how things begin and equally how things will end. There isContinue reading “26 July Part 2”

Lectionary Readings 26 July

Lectionary Reading      July 26 Read. Genesis 29:15-28 The custom of seeing daughters as items to be bought and sold goes from being strange to very disturbing. It is important to remember it was a different time with different attitudes. Sadly in some parts of our modern world that attitude still remains and it is aContinue reading “Lectionary Readings 26 July”

Lectionary Reading 19 July

Lectionary   Reading   19 July Bible Reading. Genesis 28:10-19 Jacob is on his way to find a wife and secure his future. He would have set out with some trepidation for he had left behind a fractured relationship with his brother Esau whose birthright he had stolen. So it would have been with a troubled mindContinue reading “Lectionary Reading 19 July”

Lectionary Reading 12 July

Lectionary Reading         12 July Reading Genesis 25:19-34 This reading marks the beginning of the story of Jacob who even before he was born was in close competition with his brother Esau. Here is the biblical origin of the nation of Israel. The three are named as the three patriarchs who enjoy an intimate relationship withContinue reading “Lectionary Reading 12 July”

Lectionary Reading 5 July

Lectionary Reading     5 July   Read. Genesis 24:34-38,  42-49,  58-67. As we read this passage we can realise how far removed we are from the culture of the ancient world. Although I have friends whose marriages were successfully arranged by their families, in western culture this forming of a marriage relationship would be unusual. As weContinue reading “Lectionary Reading 5 July”

28 June Part 2

Lectionary Reading     28 June   Pt 2 Reading. Romans 6: 12-23 The Philosopher Rousseau said, “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains” There are many ways in which we can be bound: We live in an age controlled by the tyranny of the urgent. Everyone faces these tensions but Paul here in RomansContinue reading “28 June Part 2”

Lectionary Reading 28 June

Lectionary Reading     28 June   Reading Genesis 22:1-18 There have been some horrible descriptions of this ancient biblical story but before emotion runs away with reality, let’s get the facts straight.  Abraham is well over a hundred years old and Isaac is a youth strong enough to carry a donkey’s load of firewood on the wayContinue reading “Lectionary Reading 28 June”

Lectionary Reading 21 June

Lectionary Reading                           21 June Reading. Genesis 21:8-21. There are many scripture passages when, if we only apply human wisdom are difficult to understand, and this must certainly be one of them. Ishmael and his mother are ejected from the security of the camp and banished into the wilderness. Humanly speaking it seems both harshContinue reading “Lectionary Reading 21 June”