This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for March 31, 2024. It is Easter Sunday, so both lectionaries call for Mark’s version of Jesus’ Resurrection in Mark 16:1-8.
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for Palm Sunday on March 24, 2024 and for Holy Week. This is the year of Mark for both Lectionaries, so we can share a lot of resources for this intense week of readings and services.
Wars. Wildfires. Shootings. Political divides. Hatred. Is it the end of the world? Where is God in all the mess? Jesus gives us some clues in Mark 13 and the coming of the end of the Temple in Jerusalem.
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for the fifth week of Lent, March 17, 2024. Jeremiah declares that God will write the covenant on the hearts of the people and know them personally. David cries out for a clean heart. Hebrews says that Jesus is a priest in the order of Melchizedek. Jesus shows his heart and the heart of God to the people. The NL takes us to Jesus’ prediction of the destruction of the Temple and his warning to “keep awake.”
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for the fourth week of Lent, March 10, 2024. The RCL is all about the bronze serpent in the wilderness. Jesus tells Nicodemus that the Son of Man will be lifted up just like Moses lifted up the serpent in Numbers. The NL continues Mark’s version of Jesus in the Temple in the days before his execution. He is asked, “What is the greatest commandment?”