Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10,32-35; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 Lackey uses today’s lectionary texts to explore the in-between. “The Seventh Sunday of Easter teaches us not to ask God, ‘Are we there yet?,’ but...

Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:8-20; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 Maxell uses 1 Peter 3 — and the 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman — to explore what it means to be “spiritually unstickable.”...

Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5,15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 Speight focuses on John 14 — and Jesus’ passage about being “the way, the truth and the life.” Says Speight: “For us, the Way is not...

Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 “I am not a shepherd and do not play one on TV,” says Conrad. “But here are a couple of things this passage tells us about...

Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-4,12-19; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 “Some people say that the only way a Christian should change his mind about a doctrine or teaching is if he can be shown through...

Acts 2:14a,22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Shearer pulls from the story of Thomas to explore doubt, confidence, authority, right belief and more. “And I do wonder whether we might pivot that word...