Lectionary Haiku

John 17:1-3

lonetomato808 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:46:49 +0000

1After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Eternal life is
not life in heaven, it is
knowing God and Christ

Luke 18:9-14

lonetomato808 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:05 +0000

(9)He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: (10)”Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. (11)The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. (12)I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ (13)But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’(14)I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”

The tax collector -
did he keep his job or change
his occupation

Philippians 3:10-11

lonetomato808 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:43:17 +0000

(10)I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, (11)if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

“Somehow” is a strange
word for Paul to use here, as
if he wasn’t sure

John 18:27

lonetomato808 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:14:39 +0000

(27)Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed.

The point might not be
Peter’s denial but the
loneliness of Christ

Luke 9:27

lonetomato808 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:52:37 +0000

(27)But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.

The Kingdom is not
just about heaven, it is
about life here, now

1 John 3:15

lonetomato808 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:35:29 +0000

(15)All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.

The Westboro gang
must not have ever read or
understood this verse

John 10:25-27

lonetomato808 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:04:47 +0000

(25)Jesus answered, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me; (26)but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. (27)My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

Are they not his sheep
because they don’t believe or
the other way ’round?

John 9:39-41

lonetomato808 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:59:00 +0000

(39)Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.” (40)Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?” (41)Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”

We can always be
blind Pharisees in need of
Jesus’ healing

1 John 1:5-7

lonetomato808 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:48:52 +0000

(5)This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. (6)If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; (7)but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Without fellowship
with one another, we are
walking in darkness

Mark 10:28-31

lonetomato808 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:48:46 +0000

(28)Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” (29)Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, (30)who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age – houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with persecutions – and in the age to come eternal life. (31)But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

Lectionary Haiku

John 17:1-3

Eternal life is not life in heaven, it is knowing God and Christ

Luke 18:9-14

The tax collector - did he keep his job or change his occupation

Philippians 3:10-11

“Somehow” is a strange word for Paul to use here, as if he wasn’t sure

John 18:27

The point might not be Peter’s denial but the loneliness of Christ

Luke 9:27

The Kingdom is not just about heaven, it is about life here, now