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?”
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for the third week of Lent, March 3, 2024. In the RCL, God spoke words of Promise at Mt. Sinai. Psalm 19 says the heavens declare the glory of God and Torah. Jesus cleansed the Temple in John 2 and promised to rebuild it in three days. Paul says that the word of the cross is foolishness to the wisdom of the world. The NL takes us to Jesus’ parable of the rented vineyard.
Join me on Monday, February 26th at 7:00pm CST for a contemplative art experience. I will be dwelling in scripture and the word promise.
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for the second week of Lent, February 25, 2024. The RCL focuses on the promise God made to Abraham and how Jesus invites his disciples to take up their cross to follow him. The NL continues in Mark with the healing of Bartimaeus. In all of these stories we explore the theme of faith, or, better translated, TRUST.
These visuals compare and contrast the way Matthew, Mark, and Luke use Jesus’ journey from the Transfiguration to the Triumphal Entry to emphasize a particular aspect of his teaching.
This post offers a sermon and a description of how one might create a multisnesory experience for the Ash Wednesday service.
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