Meditations 2017

January 2017

Reading, John 1:35-42/ Meditation, “You know…sometimes this job drives me crazy,” January 15

Reading, Matthew 4:12-23/ Meditation, “Immediately? Really?,” January 22

February 2017

Reading, Isaiah 58:6-10/ Meditation, “Every Monday I go to what is called a Lectionary,” February 5

Reading, Matthew 5:20-37/ Meditation, “I tell you. . . ,” February 12

Reading, Matthew 6:24-34/ Meditation, “In a small town. . . ,” February 26

March 2017

Reading, Matthew 17:1-9/ Meditation, “From the beginning of time,” March 12

Reading, John 9: 1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38/ Meditation, “I would like to begin with  quote from Thomas Merton,” March 26

April 2017

Reading, John 11: 1, 3-6, 17, 33-44/ Meditation, “I have been told that many men,” April 2

Reading, Matthew 28:1-10/ Meditation, “I would like to begin with a minute or two of silence,” Easter, April 16

June 2017

Reading, Acts 2:1-11/ Meditation, “I believe it was in late fall of 2009,” June 4

Reading, John 3:16-18/ Meditation, “Every time this reading comes up in the cycle of Sunday readings,” June 11

July 2017

Reading, Matthew 10:37-42/ Meditation, “There are two lines in the 1996 movie Jerry McQuire,” July 2

Reading, Matthew 11:25-30/ Meditation, “There is a new acronym that physicians and counselors are using these days,” July 9

August 2017

Reading, Luke 6:27-36/ Meditation, “On August 15, 1947 India received its independence,” August 27

September 2017

Reading, Matthew 16:1-4/ Meditation, “This isn’t the Gospel I thought I was going to read today,” September 10

October 2017

Reading, Matthew 18:15-20/ Meditation, “Last summer Bill and I had a chance to see “Hamilton”!,” October 15

Reading, Matthew 22:15-21/ Meditation, “Last Wednesday I had the delightful privilege,” October 22

November 2017

Reading, Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21/ Meditation, “When my children were teenagers and were yearning to establish their independence,” November 19

Reading, Matthew 25:31-46/ Meditation, “You know….I almost left out the last line,” November 26

December 2017

Reading, Luke 2:8-20/ Meditation, “Do you believe in angels?” December 10

Reading, Matthew 2:1-12/ Meditation, “Did you that this Thursday is the Winter Solstice?,” December 17