Matthew 22:1-14 and the wedding banquet: invitations refused, the doors thrown open to whoever can be found, and the one guest without a garment.
A Memorial Day service that begins with an empty chair set at the front for those who did not come home, before turning to the woman at the well.
The second half: the unnamed woman at Sychar has no name because she has all of them, and every bucket lowered into Jacob's well leaves you thirsty again.
Easter Sunday, Psalm 23 — and gratitude for a staff and a church that he would rather win with as a team than alone.
2 Corinthians 5:17 to open a new year: anyone in Christ is a new creation, and has been handed the ministry of reconciliation to carry.
Paul moving toward Jerusalem as one whose life mirrors his Messiah's — and the observation that you do not have to want where obedience is taking you.