Take Up and Read
Even if you don’t read any other lectionary passages during Lent, please read this week’s. I’m listing them first, before my reflection, because they are so rich and anything I say about them will be poor in comparison. The lectionary readings for the third Sunday of...Space to See
The story of the Transfiguration is one of my favorites in all of Scripture—and it’s the Gospel reading for the second Sunday of Lent. Lucky me: in my church tradition, we celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (other traditions...Water and Wilderness
This first Sunday of Lent, we read Mark’s account of Jesus’ baptism. I thought it interesting that only after Jesus’ baptism did he see the Spirit descend and hear the Father’s voice proclaiming his identity as “my Son, the Beloved.” So, in a sense, Jesus is “dying”...K.C. IRETON
K.C. Ireton is a writer and teacher. The author of The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year and Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis, she lives near Seattle with her husband and four school-aged children. She is a lover of books, gardens, and tea. Also, Oxford commas.