Lectionary Links: Sunday, March 11, 2012

Third Sunday in Lent Year B: March 11, 2012 First Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? by Audrey Vernick (Written for ages 3 and up) Comment: In today’s first text we read the Ten Commandments. They are a way of telling us how to live our lives and what rules we need to follow to [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, February 12, 2012

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Year B: February 12, 2012 First Reading: 2 Kings 5:1-14 Miro in the Kingdom of the Sun by Jane Kurtz (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Naaman is a powerful and mighty man who would do anything to be healed.  It’s interesting to see that his healing takes place because of the [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, February 5, 2012

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Year B: February 5, 2012 First Reading: Isaiah 40:21-31 Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth (Ages 3-6) Comment: “Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength…” Sometimes waiting feels like a hopeless task. The patience required to wait can overwhelm adults and children alike. Isaiah tells us that God will [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, January 29, 2012

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Year B: January 29, 2012 First Reading: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau (Written for Ages 9-11) Comment: “But any prophet who speaks in the name of other Gods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak—that [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, January 22, 2012

Third Sunday after Epiphany Year B: January 22, 2012 First Reading: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Written for ages 8-12) Comment: In this passage from Jonah we experience two transformations. Jonah, transformed by his experience at sea, finally obeys God’s command to go to Nineveh. Miraculously, his message [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, January 15, 2012

Second Sunday after Epiphany Year B: January 15, 2012 First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats  (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: I have always appreciated the intergenerational relationship between Eli and Samuel.  Richard Boyce comments on their need of one another to hear what God has to say. In a [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, November 27, 2011

Year B:  November 27, 2011 First Reading: Isaiah 64:1-9 Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: This passage from Isaiah opens the season of Advent with the themes of longing, waiting, and hope.  Scott Bader-Saye says, “Our hope [relies on]…God’s being the same God yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a God who hears our [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, June 12, 2011

Day of Pentecost Year A: June 12, 2011 First Reading: Acts 2: 1-21 Too Much Mush! by Abby Levine (Written for Ages 5-9) Comment: The text of Pentecost serves to remind us of the power of language. It must have been an incredible moment when suddenly everyone in the room could hear about God’s deeds [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, February 27, 2011

8TH Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A: February 27th First Reading:  Isaiah 49:8-16A All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil F. Alexander and Ashley Bryan (Written for Grades Pre K- 3) This scripture passage provides us with imagery of the exodus from Egypt and how the protective hand of God guided and delivered the children [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, February 20, 2011

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A: February 20, 2011 Old Testament Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 8-18 God’s Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Witten for ages 4 and up) Comment: Archbishop Tutu uses simple poetic language to give voice to both the desires of a child and the dream of God for their lives. Where our [...]