Forum: Lectionary Discussion

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15

Steve and I are starting to plan out ordinary time. I am curious how many people use ordinary time to preach a series versus continuing to follow the...

The text for Sunday. Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 I am curious if one is preaching from John if there would be...

I'm glad for the Scriptures we're given this week. I think they speak wonderful words of comfort to those reeling from the blasts in Boston and...

So my next sermon is a month away (as far as I know), but I figured I'd get started today. Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John...

Daily Reading for April 5- John 16:1-15 Here are some thoughts on today's passage from my monthly local newspaper column... Last month, viewers...

Ashes to fire has us in the Johannine account of the resurrection, but the lectionary gives us the Lukan account as an option. I am opting for...

Since no one else has started one, I guess I will. Psalm 31:9-16 Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 19:28-40 Is anyone planning to do...

Year C, Lent 5 Psalm 126 Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 NRSV: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=230003402

Year C, Lent 4 Psalm 32 Joshua 5:9-12 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 NRSV: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=229347253

Year C, Lent 3 Psalm 63:1-8 Isaiah 55:1-9 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 NRSV Link: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=228739495 One of those...

Anybody done any work on this Sunday's message yet? I'm just starting today... Scriptures: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Luke 13:31-35...

Preaching from the OT text this Sunday - Deuteronomy 26:1-11

I am from the South. CotN churches that I have been to on the East Coast and in the North seem to have more emphasis towards liturgical worship than...

I am preaching the Luke 4 passage - http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=109 - this week and I was wondering if any of you knew of a...

I usually preach from the baptism narrative on this Sunday, but instead am preaching from the Acts 8 passage. In my prep I was reading an outline of...

How are you approaching this 3rd Sunday of Advent? I am preaching from the Luke 3 passage, explaining John's strange preaching style, as he...

Which lectionary text are you preaching this Sunday? I will be in Malachi 3:1-4.

Have any of you had any experience with the book A Guide to Prayer For Ministers and Other Servants by The Upper Room? Two of my very good friends...

As you plan your preaching schedule, all things being equal, (which they never are), what do you consider in choosing your primary preaching passage...

At my church we will be celebrating "Friends & Family Day" soon. I am preparing a sermon entitled, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW. (Text: John14:8-9) ...

:smilies0373: I am wondering how many of you are planning on using Ashes to Fire Year B this year? And if you are, how are you using it - bibles...

So I have decided to preach the lectionary passages out of 1-2 Samuel this summer - the David narratives. I was wondering if anyone else is doing...

For the fourth Sunday of Easter, in "Ashes to Fire" Dr. Jan Lanham, Chair of the Graduate Program at Eastern Nazarene, has done an excellent job...

What are your thoughts for the second Sunday of Lent? Mark 8:31-38 8:31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great...

I noticed in the lectionary this week that Feb. 2 is the Feast of the Presentation. Now this seems late in the church calendar to me. I am thinking...

I will preach on John 1:6-8, 19-28, "A Man Sent From God" THOUGHTS? Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because...

Is anyone preaching from Mark 1:1-8? I am loving this text for advent. The Marcan account doesn't spend time concerned about the "fanfare" that...

I'm preaching this week from Zephaniah 1:7-18. The RCL website lists this as the alternate OT reading. It is the OT reading highlighted in the...