By Chaplain Mike Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Lectionary Readings • 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 • Psalm 16 • Galatians 5:1, 13-25 • Luke 9:51-62 Today’s Gospel: Luke 9:51-62 (NRSV) When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. [...]
Sunday’s Gospel: Teaching One Another
20 Jun by
By Chaplain Mike On Sundays, we hear the Gospel reading from the Revised Common Lectionary. Sometimes, I share a message based upon this text. On other weeks, I ask you to share your observations so that our readers can be edified. Today, we’ll be teaching one another again. Please remember the one main rule: My [...]
Sunday’s Gospel: Teaching One Another
13 Jun by
By Chaplain Mike I’d like to start a new feature on Internet Monk today. We’ll call it “Teaching One Another.” Each Sunday, I have been posting the lectionary readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. Then I have taken one of the passages (usually the Gospel reading) and given a devotional message from the text. I [...]
Sunday’s Gospel: God Visits Us in Our Sorrows
6 Jun by
By Chaplain Mike Sunday: Pentecost II (Year C) Today’s Lectionary Readings: OT: 1Kings 17:17-24 Psalm: Psalm 30 Epistle: Galatians 1:11-24 Gospel: Luke 7:11-17 Today’s Gospel Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. Now as He approached the gate of the [...]
Sunday’s Gospel: Trinity Sunday
30 May by
By Chaplain Mike Today is Trinity Sunday. This day marks one of the few feasts of the Christian Year that celebrates a reality and doctrine rather than an event or person. On Trinity Sunday we remember and honor the eternal God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We will briefly consider this Sunday’s [...]
Sunday’s Gospel: You Have Received a Spirit of Adoption
23 May by
By Chaplain Mike On this great feast day of the Church, Pentecost Sunday, we bring to your attention one of the great passages in the Bible on the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer and the church. No comments from me today. No sermon. Just God’s words. May the Spirit [...]
The Appearances of the Risen Christ, 14
19 May by
By Chaplain Mike We are marking the Great Fifty Days of Easter with a series of devotional thoughts on the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. Today we look further at John’s story of Jesus’ resurrection appearance to the disciples on the shore of Lake Tiberias, with its special emphasis on Peter, from John 21:1-14 (Phillips). Text [...]
Appearances of the Risen Christ, 13
17 May by
By Chaplain Mike We are marking the Great Fifty Days of Easter with a series of devotional thoughts on the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. Today we look at a unique narrative in John’s story of Jesus’ resurrection and appearances, from John 21:1-14 (CEV). Text Jesus later appeared to his disciples along the shore of Lake [...]
Sunday’s Gospel: Unity—God’s Love in Action
16 May by
By Chaplain Mike Each Sunday, we present devotional thoughts based upon the Gospel reading from the Revised Common Lectionary. Today is the seventh Sunday in Easter. Today’s Gospel is John 17:20-26 (NRSV). Gospel Text I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their [...]
Appearances of the Risen Christ, 12
14 May by
By Chaplain Mike We are marking the Great Fifty Days of Easter with a series of devotional thoughts on the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. Today we look at the final narrative in Luke’s story of Jesus’ resurrection and appearances, from Luke 24:50-53 (NASB). Text And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He [...]
