Lectionary Links: Pentecost, May 27, 2012

Pentecost Year B:  May 27, 2012 First Reading:  Acts 2:1-21 We Are One by Ysaye M. Barnwell (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: On Pentecost we celebrate the birth of the church and the pouring out of God’s Spirit upon a diverse body of believers. According to Donald K. McKim, “[realizing] that ‘all flesh,’ all people, receive the [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, May 20, 2012

7th Sunday of Easter Year B:  May 20, 2012 First Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 What Will You Be, Sara Mee? by Kate Aver Avraham (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: We use a variety of methods to try and discern what God is calling us to do with our lives. We see this in the church when we [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, May 13, 2012

6th Sunday of Easter Year B:  May 13, 2012 First Reading: Acts 10:44-48 We All Sing with the Same Voice by J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Jeffery D. Peterson-Davis calls this reading from Acts “an important text for the church today… [because] we continue to continue to propagate [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, May 6, 2012

5th Sunday of Easter Year B:  May 6, 2012 First Reading: Acts 8:26-40 Metropolitan Cow by Tim Egan (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Barbara Brown Taylor refers to this text as a story of “radical inclusion that will characterize the early church community.” (Feasting on the Word, Year B, Volume 2, p. 255) How does a message of [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 29, 2012

4th Sunday of Easter Year B:  April 29, 2012 First Reading: Acts 4:5-12 Weslandia by Paul Fleischman (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’” A cornerstone is set as a reference point for determining the setting of all other stones in a structure. [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 22, 2012

3rd Sunday in Easter Year B:  April 22, 2012 First Reading: Acts 3:12-19 First Come the Zebra by Lynne Barasch (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Through his sermon, Peter tells the people that witnessing the lame man’s healing calls not for wonder, but repentance. According to Thomas G. Long, “In the face of God’s deeds of mercy [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 15, 2012

2nd Sunday of Easter Year B:  April 15, 2012 First Reading:  Acts 4:32-35 What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street by Elsa Okon Rael (Written for ages 7-11) Comment: “There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold… and it was [...]

Lectionary Links: Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Sunday Year B:  April 8, 2012 First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9 The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Written for ages 9-14) Comment: In this text there is a vision of the hope that sustains us when we are journeying through a valley full of suffering and death.  The Conch Bearer, is a moving tale [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, January 8, 2012

Baptism of our Lord/1st Sunday after Epiphany/ 1st Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B: January 8, 2012 First Reading: Genesis 1:1-5 Comment: At the start of a new year we get to read the very beginning of creation. Since the creation story is such a familiar one for many churchgoers, it’s refreshing to look at [...]

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 [...]