Lectionary Links: Trinity Sunday, June 3, 2012

Trinity Sunday Year B:  June 3, 2012 First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 The Precious Gift by Ellen Jackson (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” In using this text with children, [...]

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, 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 1, 2012

First Sunday After Christmas Year B: January 1, 2012 First Reading: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Saint Francis and the Christmas Donkey by Robert Byrd (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: We have heard the cries of Israel throughout Isaiah. Likewise, we hear the cries of the donkey in Saint Francis and the Christmas Donkey. The donkey’s life is [...]

Lectionary Links: Christmas Day, December 25, 2011

Christmas Day Year B:  December 25, 2011 First Reading: Isaiah 52:7-10 Cock-a-doodle Christmas by Will Hillenbrand (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news…” It would not be odd to wonder at the ways the content of the message being [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, December 11, 2011

3rd Sunday in Advent Year B:  December 11, 2011 First Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Boxes for Katje by Candace Flemming (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “The Lord…has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted…” This text from Isaiah speaks words of hope and good news for those who [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, December 4, 2011

Year B:  December 4, 2011 First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11 Mia’s Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams by Michael Foreman (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings…” Each Advent we hear words of comfort for people in a time of uncertainty, heralding a future [...]

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: Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011

There are many possible texts listed in the Revised Common Lectionary for use on Easter Sunday.   This week’s post, written by Dr. Pamela Mitchell Legg,  links four of those texts with children’s books and stories. Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Year A: April 17, 2011 Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9 I Have Heard of a Land [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 17, 2011

6th Sunday in Lent Year A: April 17, 2011 Liturgy of the Passion Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9a Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile by Gloria Houston (Written for Ages 5-8) Comment: “The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.” Even [...]