Dionysus on a Bike

Philosophical, Theological, Political, Cultural, and Existential reflections on the daily readings of the Revised Common Lectionary

• The Anti-Sacrament – Proverbs 4:10-27 – 6/17/2026
• Where did the Lutheran Prophets Go? – 1 Samuel 3:1-9 – 6/16/2026
• Sending Another – 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 – 6/15/2026
• The Need and the Solution – Matthew 9:35-10:23 – 6/14/2026 – The Third Sunday after Pentecost
• Tradition Less Important than Love – Mark 7:1-13 – 6/13/2026
• Idolatry and Freedom – Acts 7:35-43 – 6/12/2026
• Biblical Language as World Building – Psalm 100 – 6/11/2026
• Feeding Yourself is Worth Breaking the Law – Matthew 12:1-8 – 6/10/2026
• Do Good; Share What You Have – Hebrews 13:1-16 – 6/9/2026
• Always Check the Greek – 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:2 – 6/8/2026
• Changing the Logic of our Relationships – Matthew 9:9-26 – 6/7/2026 – Second Sunday after Pentecost
• Calling the Good Evil – Matthew 9:27-34 – 6/6/2026
• A Cure not at a Miracle – Acts 28:1-10 – 6/5/2026
• God Does Not Demand Blood – Psalm 50:7-15 – 6/4/2026
• Silence in the Face of Our Finitude – Job 39:26-4:5 – 6/3/2026
• Everyone means Everyone – 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 – 6/2/2026
• Religion without Metaphysics – 1 Corinthians 12:1-3 – 6/1/2026
• The Liturgical Use of Scripture – 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 – 5/31/2026 – Trinity Sunday & The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
• The Response to Love: Command and Promise – John 14:15-17 – 5/30/2026
• Our Powerlessness and the Question of How to Live – Job 38:12-21 – 5/29/2026
• The Time of our Salvation – 2 Timothy 1:8-12 – 5/28/2026
• A Life-Affirming Gospel of Celebration – John 7:37-39 – 5/27/2026
• The Breath of God, Third Person of the Trinity – Psalm 104:24-35 – 5/26/2026
• Food for the Hungry from an Embodied God – Joel 2:18-29 – 5/25/2026
• The Partnership between God and Man – John 20:19-23 – 5/24/2026 – Day of Pentecost
• Where are the Peacemakers? – Matthew 5:1-12 – 5/23/2026
• The Age of the Absence of God – Exodus 19:16-25 – 5/22/2026
• The Text of Humanity Under Threat – Acts 2:1-11 – 5/21/2026
• A Reorientation from Death to Life – John 3:31-36 – 5/20/2026
• Standing Between the Living and the Dead – Numbers 16:41-50 – 5/19/2026
• The Embodied Ritual of the Christian Life – Leviticus 9:1-11, 22-24 – 5/18/2026
• Persecution Complex – 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 – 5/17/2026 – Seventh Sunday of Easter
• “I Am” not a being, but Being Itself – John 8:21-30 – 5/16/2026
• Testimony not Treatise – Psalm 93 – 5/15/2026
• Where did the Body of Christ go? – Ephesians 1:15-23 – 5/14/2026 – The Ascension of the Lord
• A God of Conquest and Genocide? – Deuteronomy 31:1-13 – 5/13/2026
• For Our Own Good – Deuteronomy 5:22-33 – 5/12/2026
• A God of Two Minds – Genesis 9:8-17 – 5/11/2026
• An Unknown God – Acts 17:22-31 – 5/10/2026 – Sixth Sunday of Easter
• The Paradox of Presence – John 14:27-29 – 5/9/2026
• Throw Your Excess Overboard – Acts 27:13-38 – 5/8/2026
• The Weakness of a God with Regrets – Genesis 6:5-22 – 5/7/2026
• The Incompatibility of Wealth and Wisdom – Proverbs 3:13-18 – 5/6/2026
• The Weight of Choice and Knowing How to Live – Proverbs 3:5-12 – 5/5/2026

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Daily blog on the Bible readings of Revised Common Lectionary by Justin Marquis.