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…
As this newsletter is going out, I’m heading back into Tallahassee with my family after vacation taking time to visit my family. If you send me an email (and you haven’t sent me one in the last 48 hours), you will get my “autoresponder” that says, in part, “Thank you for contacting me. I am…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING July 3rd: THE 7th Week after Pentecost Overall Theme: Where you find comfort – the readings all point us to find comfort in God, which is…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING June 26th: THE 6th Week after Pentecost Overall Theme: Choices – When God gives us the Gospel, He also gives us the freedom to choose. Law:…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING June 12th: THE 4th Week after Pentecost Overall Theme: Working out our sinfulness. Law: We recognize we are sinful, and our recognition leads us to want…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING June 5th: THE 3rd Week after Pentecost Overall Theme: Throughout the readings this week, we see a contrast of life and death, which brings us to…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING MAY 15th: The Week of Pentecost The Spirit brings good together. Law: Our disunity leads to a fracturing of what we are able to accomplish. Gospel:…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING May 1st: THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER Ask and it shall be given. Law: Jesus says something striking in the Gospel lesson, “until now you have…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING APRIL 24TH: THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER The Old and the New. Law: The Gospel is presented as a “new” thing, or something that we…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING April 17th: The Fourth Week of Easter The Lamb who is the Shepherd. Law: The Bible repeatedly describes the people of God as needing a…