Lectionary Reflections

HAPPY PENTECOST! You will realize as you read through this post that I am really into Pentecost.  It is a holy day filled with potential for children.  I have gathered ideas from my Years A and B posts and added some fresh ideas here to create my...

After he had told them that he was going, they understandably were dubious about their ability to continue without him (14:5).
Philip needed to have some proof. Jesus responds by asking him if he hadn't been paying attention.

The Revised Common Lectionary suggests that worship planners might want to use the texts for the Ascension of the Lord instead of those for the Seventh Sunday of Easter on this day occasionally.  Since the Ascension of the Lord always falls on a...

Psalm 97
The Lord is King! Let the earth rejoice, unless lit up by the Lord's lightning the earth trembles. Let the coastlands be glad, unless occupied by adversaries the coastlands are consumed.

In his farewell prayer, Jesus asks that we may all be one.
He's preparing to give up his life and what he wants is for us to be not only each for him but each for each other.
This unity will both enable and demonstrate the love that God has.

John 17:20-26
Whenever I go to the NTNL Mission office in Dallas I like to stop at the Starbucks at the corner of TX 183 and Mockingbird Lane. It is perhaps the busiest and nosiest Starbucks on the planet.

The lectionary has chosen Psalm 97 as a response to the reading from Acts for the seventh Sunday of Easter. In that passage, the jailer is a convert to Christianity. He had asked, "What must I do to be saved?

The Feast of the Ascension Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24: 44-53 Nor doth he by ascending show alone, But first He, and He first enters the way.                  ...

09 May 2013
The Ascension Of Our Lord is the climax of Christ’s earthly ministry, and it prepares for everything that must follow – Pentecost, Trinity, and the Ordinary Time journey of learning to live out the meaning and message of Christ’s life.

19 May 2013
As what I call the "God’s Story" part of the Liturgical Calendar begins to draw to a close, we are prepared for the second half of the year – the "Our Story" part which happens in Ordinary Time.

12 May 2013
If you decide to celebrate the Ascension on Thursday, then you’ll be looking at Easter 7 for Sunday.

Revelation 22:12-22 The lectionary for Easter 7c leaves out verse 15 of Revelation 22 presumably because verse 15 leaves out “dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” I don’t...

After baptizing Lydia and her household, Paul continues his evangelism in Philippi. He performs an exorcism on a slave girl. The consequent loss of her ability to tell fortunes so upsets her owners that they have Paul and Silas arrested.

Acts 16:16-34
In Acts 16 a healing happens because Paul “very much annoyed” by a slave girl outing him as a slave of the Most High God tells the divining spirit in her to shut up.

Lectionary Notes. This blog offers a short reflection on Bible readings in the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) for Sundays and major Christian festivals throughout the year.

The Ascension of the Lord is always on a Thursday which means most people never worship around that story.  Thus, The Revised Common Lectionary suggests that worship planners might want to use the texts for that day on the Seventh Sunday of Easter...