Lectionary Levity

Lectionary Levity
Author: Ian S. Markham
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0819233579

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Spanning all 3 years of the lectionary cycle, this book provides a welcome tool for the renewal of preaching from the gospel readings. In a concise, uniform, and simple format, the authors provide a thematic summary of the gospel, list several possible points for preaching, and offer a humorous story for the week that illumines the deeper meaning of the biblical text. Lectionary Levity also functions as a practical manual on how to use humor in preaching and allows the reader to view the gospel in a different light so as to enliven the worship experience. A treasure trove of biblical insights, homiletical helps, and just good humor!

The Revised Common Lectionary

The Revised Common Lectionary
Author: Consultation On Common Texts
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2012-09-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451438478

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This edition includes the definitive list of RCL citations together with a new comprehensive introduction and notes to the reading sets, illuminating the origin and development of the lectionary that is explored weekly by thousands of preachers, worship leaders, and students of scripture.

Your God is Too Somber

Your God is Too Somber
Author: Christopher Dreisbach
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-01-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532655991

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Your God is too somber if your posture before him lacks a spirit of joy and a commitment to rejoice as much as possible. While life has its sadness and tragedy, the good news of Jesus Christ is that God’s kingdom has won; and the suffering we face for a time is shorter compared with the endless delight that God promises. So, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4). Your God is too somber if you embrace a theology of tears, rather than a theology of laughter. Of course, salvation and Christ’s sacrifice are serious business, and we should engage in moments of penitential reflection, confession, and atonement. But all of this so we can shake off the shackles of our shortcomings and celebrate God fully and joyfully. Your God is too somber if you fail to see the humor in the Bible: the calls to joy, paradox, irony, burlesque, play, and wordplay. God laughs, sometimes with us, sometimes at us, and Jesus’s humor is evident in parables and sayings, with the goal of teaching us the truth. Is your God too somber? This book aims to help you answer that question.

Preaching the New Lectionary

Preaching the New Lectionary
Author: Dianne Bergant
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780814624746

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This commentary, which uses the lectionary approved by the NCCB in 1998, is a literary-liturgical reading of the four lections, including the psalm response, of each Sunday and major feast of the liturgical year cycle C. It explicitly situates the interpretation of each day within the theology of its respective liturgical season, theology that is drawn from the specific themes of the readings of that particular year rather than from general theological themes otherwise associated with the season. The lections are also read in sequential order, from the first Sunday of that season to the last, thus providing another way of interpreting the riches of the readings. Book jacket.

Making the Most of the Lectionary

Making the Most of the Lectionary
Author: Thomas O'Loughlin
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2012-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0819228273

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A valuable resource for enhancing liturgical understanding. What is the point of the Lectionary? What are the problems and opportunities that it presents to those who use it? What are its strengths and weaknesses as an aid to worship? How can it be used and communicated most effectively today? These are among the key questions Thomas O'Loughlin addresses in this stimulating and much needed liturgical guide to the design, history, theology, and purposes of the Lectionary.

Lectionary Texts Pew Edition

Lectionary Texts Pew Edition
Author: Church Publishing
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 321
Release: 1983
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0898690676

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All eucharistic readings edited for liturgical use from the Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible. The paper-bound pew edition fits easily into the standard pew rack. (320 pp)

Introducing the Uncommon Lectionary

Introducing the Uncommon Lectionary
Author: Thomas G. Bandy
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426725485

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Lays out the plan for a collection of readings from Scripture designed for the needs of seekers and the unchurched. The church has used lectionaries–lists of scriptures to be read on particular Sundays throughout the year–across its long history. Yet most lectionaries are inward-looking: they presuppose hearers who are familiar with the biblical story and accustomed to gearing their lives around the Christian year. Yet in the increasingly pagan world of North America, the church’s task is to reach out to those who are spiritually hungry, yet unfamiliar with the Christian story. In this important new work Tom Bandy has given those who plan and lead worship a new lectionary, specifically geared to the needs of seekers. He lays out a plan for a trip through the central biblical narratives, the purpose of which is to provide seekers with a basic understanding of the gospel, and to call disciples to a deeper experience of Christian faith.

Much Fine Gold

Much Fine Gold
Author: Gail Ramshaw
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1640654232

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Explore how the Revised Common Lectionary enriches worship How does this contemporary lectionary nourish Christian faith and life? Further, why does the lectionary employ metaphor, the richest form of language, in the midst of the worshiping assembly? How do the biblical readings prepare worshippers for the church’s mission? Well-known liturgist and author Gail Ramshaw opens up the logic and purpose of this widely used resource. The basics of Episcopal and Anglican worship in North America are explored in this Little Books series, which invites parishioners and newcomers to consider both the beauty of worship and Episcopal ethical commitments.

Lectionary Texts

Lectionary Texts
Author: Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1982
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780898690095

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All eucharistic readings edited for liturgical use from the Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible. The paper-bound pew edition fits into the standard pew rack. (284 pp)

Handbook for the Revised Common Lectionary

Handbook for the Revised Common Lectionary
Author: Peter C. Bower
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664256579

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This new handbook will be welcomed by all congregations using the Revised Common Lectionary. Convenient and user-friendly, this one-volume guide provides resources for the entire three-year lectionary cycle, including midweek festival days.