A team of pastors and laypersons discuss the Gospel Lectionary for each Sunday of the year. The conversation usually includes ideas on facilitating class discussions and group studies, reflections on the team's collected 250 years of community engagement, preaching and study experience, and application to current issues.
The Lectionary Call-In Podcast
In this episode, our team considered the following questions: In Matthew's gospel, the narrative preceding our passage is that of the wise men who traveled to Jerusalem to see and honor the baby born to be “king of the Jews” (Matthew 2:2). This week's passage tells us that immediately after the wise men left, an angel warned Joseph to take Mary and Jesus and flee to Egypt – an emotional roller coaster of elation followed by genuine fear in the face of a coming threat to the life of Jesus. How have you responded to similar circumstances of joy followed by disappointment and even risk? What resources have you found in your faith? After Herod died, an angel instructed Joseph to take his family back to the “land of Israel” (Matthew 2:20). How have you responded to literal or figurative experiences of dislocation and resettlement? How has your faith helped you in that process? In this story, what lessons do you discern about God, humanity, and yourself?
Rev. Bill Hull, Rev. Kenny Hubbell, and Sara Mickelson discuss the gospel lectionary text for Sunday, December 21, 2025: Matthew 1:18-25 (Year A).
Rev. Bill Hull, Sara Mickelson, and Rev. John DeBevoise discuss Luke 17:11-19, the lectionary gospel reading for Sunday, October 12, 2025.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 (Year C) - 08/26/2025
Luke 10:38-42 (Year C) - 07/15/2025 with Sara Mickelson, Rev. John DeBevoise, & Rev. Mike Peacock
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 (Year C) - 07/01/2025
John 16:12-15 (Year C) for Sunday, June 15, 2025 - Trinity Sunday - Year C
John 14:8-17, 25-27 (Year C) - 06/03/2025 Pentecost Sunday Year C for June 8, 2025 with Rev. Bill Hull, Sara Mickelson, and Kenny Hubbell
Luke 19:28-40 (Palm Sunday - Year C) - 04/08/2025
In this week's Living with the Lectionary podcast, Rev. Bill Hull, Sara Mickelson, Rev. John Reiter, and Rev. Holly Dillon look at John 12: 1-8, the lectionary text for Sunday, April 6, 2025.
In this week's Living with the Lectionary podcast, Rev. Bill Hull, Sara Mickelson, Rev. John Reiter, and Rev. Callie Weber look at Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32, the lectionary text for Sunday, March 30, 2025.
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