“Are We There Yet?” (A25: Seventh Sunday of Easter)
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...
“This Is the Way” (A23: Fifth Sunday of Easter)
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...
Nobody In, Nobody Out” (A22: Fourth Sunday of Easter)
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...