Every week, we’ll supply a curated number of weblog posts that talk to the upcoming lectionary texts to assist spark your creativeness and function a thought companion for you. We hope these musings meet you proper the place you’re with a recent, daring, and devoted witness.
November 16, 2025
Semi-continuous Outdated Testomony: Isaiah 65:17-25
Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann, “The Discomforting Reward of Newness”
This new Jerusalem just isn’t some heavenly escape. It’s, reasonably, a viable metropolis the place society is marked in wholesome methods: by an absence of toddler mortality (Isaiah 65:20); by a viable peaceful financial system absent of predatory risk (vv. 21-22); by wholesome youngster bearing, wherein each mom and youngster are saved protected (v. 23); by the acute attentiveness of God to their prayers (v. 24); and by a full reconciliation of all components of the surroundings (v. 25).
Narrative Lectionary: Isaiah 9:1-7
Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann, “The Measurement of Authorities”
As I assumed concerning the measurement of presidency in relation to the position of presidency, I remembered the anticipatory oracle of Isaiah to which we Christians enchantment at Christmas. The prophet anticipates the approaching of the “good king” (messiah) who will undertake the right position of presidency. … The brand new authorities could have many roles: counselor, army would possibly, peace. … The NRSV interprets, “his authority will develop.” The extra acquainted KJV has it: The rise of his authorities shall know no finish. Discuss “large authorities”!
