God of our ancestors, We cry out in lament. There is no justice when life is lost, for it cannot be replaced. There is no accountability when one police officer is taken away to prison while another shoots and kills a young Black girl. There is no equality when time and again it is Black […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 Narrative Lectionary: Ethiopian Eunuch Baptized, Acts 8:26-39 (Luke 24:44-47) The selection in Acts is a continuation of the same story from the previous week. Peter and John, after healing a man who used to beg at the temple gate, and after speaking to […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 Narrative Lectionary: Stephen’s Witness, Acts 6:1-7:2a, 44-60 (Luke 24:33-34a, 46) For the Revised Common Lectionary in the season of Easter, passages from Acts replace the Hebrew Scriptures lesson. In Acts 3, soon after Pentecost, Peter and John were going to the temple at […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 Narrative Lectionary: Emmaus Road, Luke 24:13-35 (Psalm 30) During the season of Easter, the Revised Common Lectionary uses selections from the Acts of the Apostles instead of the Hebrew Scripture reading. The early church, in the days after Pentecost, came together through the […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8 Narrative Lectionary: Resurrection, Luke 24:1-12 (Psalm 118:17, 21-24) Throughout the Easter season, the Hebrew scripture selection is often replaced with a reading from Acts in the Revised Common Lectionary. We begin with Peter’s […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Palm Sunday Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16 Revised Common Lectionary: Passion Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39 (40-47) Narrative Lectionary: Triumphal Entry, Luke 19:29-44 (Psalm 118:19-23) We begin Holy Week with Psalm 118, a song of praise to God, calling the people to […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 Narrative Lectionary: Zacchaeus, Luke 18:31-19:10 (Psalm 84:1-4, 10-12) The prophet Jeremiah spoke of a future hope to the people who were about to face the destruction of their city and temple and the exile into Babylon. The people’s leaders and priests […]
Good news! Almost all of the weekly blog posts were saved in Word (there are a few missing) and you can now find them under the Archives page. Unfortunately, because the original posts were lost, the search function will not work on those archived posts from 2012-2020 so you will have to do some searching […]
Revised Common Lectionary: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 Narrative Lectionary: Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31 (Psalm 41:1-3) The people began to complain against Moses and God in Numbers 21:4-9 for leading them into the wilderness. Even if they were no longer enslaved in Egypt, they were complaining about the lack […]
I’ve just added a new Maundy Thursday Online Scavenger Hunt service to this year’s resources. Be sure to check it out! http://rev-o-lution.org/special-resources/holy-week/
