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Connecting the Dots
After last week’s “Question of the Week” about remembering the readings from Sunday, Liz and I got into a conversation. Liz is often a great asset to me in “church cultural” issues since she didn’t grow up in the Lutheran tribe. Her views are generally valid and helpful by themselves, but often even more so…
One of the things that we used to do here at University Lutheran is produce a resource called “Living the Lectionary”. The idea was that it was to be a devotional/discipleship guide that members could bring home with them and use throughout the week as they considered the readings from that Sunday. After a while…
Every Sunday morning here at University Lutheran, we use four readings. One from the Old Testament (but not the Psalms), one from the Psalms, one from a New Testament letter, and one from a Gospel. All of those readings should usually form a cohesive theme, for example, last Sunday’s readings were mostly about talking to…
We’re starting a new newsletter series that we will call “Connecting the Dots,” all about the readings that we experience on a Sunday morning. Normally speaking here at University Lutheran we hear 4 specific readings every Sunday: The First Reading – Normally the Old Testament, although in Easter this reading comes from the Book of…