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, 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: Sunday, December 18, 2011

4th Sunday in Advent Year B:  December 18, 2011 First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 The Carpenter’s Gift by David Rubel (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Understanding the consistent grace of God is a helpful way to explore this text with children. Mark Douglas suggests that for the Babylonian exiles, hearing this text would have [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, November 21

Proper 29 (Christ the King / Reign of Christ) Year C: November 21 First Reading: Jeremiah 23:1-6 A Young Shepherd by Cat Urbigkit (Written for Grades PreK-1) Comment: A Young Shepherd explores the experience of a 12-year-old boy Cass in Wyoming. Like God gathers the remnant of God’s flock to be fruitful and multiple, Cass [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, November 14

Proper 28 (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Year C: November 14 First Reading: Isaiah 65:17-25 This week, we offer two suggestions for the Old Testament reading. What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky(Written for Grades K-3) Comment: According to Nelson Rivera, this scripture passage from Isaiah gives us a very concrete visualization of peace [...]

Lectionary Links: All Saints’ Day and Sunday, November 7

All Saints’ Day November 1, 2010 The Name Quilt by Phyllis Root (Written for Grades K-3) Comment: In many congregations, people will speak the names of those who have died in the last year. Upon hearing those names, memories and stories will come to the minds of those who knew and loved these saints in [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, October 31

Proper 26 (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) Year C: October 31 First Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Written for Grades 4-6) Comment: In Habakkuk and in Chains readers find injustice, lament, patience, and persistence. In her reflections on the text from Habakkuk, Donna Schaper asks, “How do we find the patience [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, Oct. 24

Proper 25 (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Year C: October 24 First Reading: Joel 2:23-32 Butterflies Under Our Hats by Sandy Sasso (Written for Grades PreK-2) Comment: In her interpretation of this text, Donna Schaper speaks of the need to retrain our vision (Feasting on the Word, Year C Volume 4, p. 196-8). When we [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, Oct. 17

Proper 24 (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Year C: October 17 First Reading: Jeremiah 31:27-34 When I Grow Up, I Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize by Isabel Pin (Written for Grades K-3) Comment: “I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts…” Knowing the law and following the [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, October 10

Proper 23 (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Year C: October 10, 2010 First Reading: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 Together in Pinecone Patch by Thomas F. Yezerski (Written for Grades K-4) Comment: The unfamiliarity of a land that is not home is one expressed in the experience of immigrants. Together in Pinecone Patch describes two families that [...]