A note on Rev-o-lution: As I shared in previous posts, I will stop posting new weekly content on Pentecost (May 16, 2024). I have been posting on this site for over 13 years, and almost seventeen years counting my old Blogger site. Thank you for your support of Rev-o-lution over all these years. It has […]
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Worship Resources for March 24, 2024—Palm and Passion Sunday
A note on Rev-o-lution: After seventeen years of blogging, first on an old Blogger site and then for the past thirteen years at this domain, providing worship resources on the Revised Common Lectionary (and for the past ten years on the Narrative Lectionary), it is time to hang up my blogging hat. I will continue […]
Worship Resources for March 17, 2024—Fifth Sunday of Lent
A note on Rev-o-lution: After seventeen years of blogging, first on an old Blogger site and then for the past thirteen years at this domain, providing worship resources on the Revised Common Lectionary (and for the past ten years on the Narrative Lectionary), it is time to hang up my blogging hat. I will continue […]
Worship Resources for March 10, 2024—Fourth Sunday of Lent
A note on Rev-o-lution: After seventeen years of blogging, first on an old Blogger site and then for the past thirteen years at this domain, providing worship resources on the Revised Common Lectionary (and for the past ten years on the Narrative Lectionary), it is time to hang up my blogging hat. I will continue […]
Worship Resources for March 3, 2024—Third Sunday in Lent
A note on Rev-o-lution: After seventeen years of blogging, first on an old Blogger site and then for the past thirteen years at this domain, providing worship resources on the Revised Common Lectionary (and for the past ten years on the Narrative Lectionary), it is time to hang up my blogging hat. I will continue […]
Worship Resources for February 25, 2024—Second Sunday in Lent
Revised Common Lectionary: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9 Narrative Lectionary: Bartimaeus Healed, Mark 10:32-52 (Psalm 34:11-14) During Lent, the selection from the Hebrew scriptures focuses on the covenants of God. This week’s reading tells of the covenant of God with Abram and Sarai, who are given new names: […]
Worship Resources for February 18, 2024—First Sunday of Lent
Revised Common Lectionary: Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 Narrative Lectionary: First Last and Last First, Mark 10:17-31 (Psalm 19:7-10) During Lent, the selections from the Hebrew scriptures focus on stories of God’s covenant. For the first Sunday of Lent, the story is of the covenant between God and Noah and all […]
Worship Resources for February 11, 2024—Transfiguration Sunday
Revised Common Lectionary: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Narrative Lectionary: Transfiguration, Mark 8:27-9:8 (Psalm 27:1-4) On Transfiguration Sunday, we begin with the story of Elijah taken up by God, and the passing of the mantle to Elisha in 2 Kings 2:1-12. Elisha knew that Elijah was to be taken up […]
Worship Resources for February 4, 2024—Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Revised Common Lectionary: Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 Narrative Lectionary: Death of John the Baptist, Mark 6:1-29 (Psalm 122) Isaiah 40 is considered the beginning of Second Isaiah, a prophet who witnessed the events at the end of the Babylonian exile. King Cyrus of Persia, having come into power, allowed […]
Worship Resources for January 28, 2024—Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Revised Common Lectionary: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 Narrative Lectionary: Jairus’s Daughter Healed, Mark 5:21-43 (Psalm 131) In Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Moses prepared the people before they entered the promised land, knowing he would not go with them. The people requested God to raise up a new prophet after Moses, because they […]