Blogs for Ministry – Part 2
by Sharon Ely Pearson Following up on the post from January 23, here are more blogs that can inform and support you in your Christian formation ministries: d365 is a site with a daily devotion produced...
View ArticleLectionary-Based Faith Formation
from Living the Good News Through two thousand years of Church history, there have been many lectionaries, lists of scripture passages to be read during community worship. In Christian tradition, the...
View ArticleWalking with Jesus This Summer
from Living the Good News The Sunday lessons after the Day of Pentecost focus attention on the Spirit’s activity through the person of Jesus, recalling to us his words and works, inspiring us,...
View ArticleLiving Our Faith in the World
from Living the Good News In her autobiography An American Childhood, poet and essayist Annie Dillard describes her growth process as a series of awakenings. These “aha” moments marked the stages...
View ArticleThe Church’s New Year
by Carrie Craig The First Sunday of Advent a new year, a new gospel, an important reminder The Church’s New Year – The First Sunday of Advent provides opportunity for fresh ideas and creative moments....
View ArticlePaul’s Letter to the Ephesians
by Sharon Ely Pearson Beginning with the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10) in Year B, there is an 8-week, semi-continuous reading of Ephesians. If you offer a summer adult bible study, study...
View ArticleThe Virtual Church School
The Anglican Church of Canada offers simple lectionary-based lesson plans in English and French completely online. Launched in February 2008 by the Diocese of Keewatin, the project offers year-round,...
View ArticleTruth and the Reign of Christ
by Sharon Ely Pearson Soon we will come to the end of another Church Year. The Last Sunday of Pentecost is also called “Christ the King” Sunday in which we gather to celebrate the reign of Christ and...
View ArticleWelcome to Advent
by N.T. Wright It is January, AD 69. You are a Greek-speaking Christian in a Roman town in Turkey. You are deeply anxious about the fierce war in Judaea: the Romans have laid siege to Jerusalem; the...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Luke
from Living the Good News Luke’s gospel completes the three-year lectionary cycle as the major gospel in year C which we have just begun this past week on the First Sunday of Advent. Addressing...
View ArticleEpiphany Devotions
by Sharon Ely Pearson Tomorrow is the Feast of the Epiphany and the beginning of the season of Epiphany, when we celebrate Christ’s manifestation in the world. Begin the journey the Magi began during...
View ArticleLenten Preparation for Baptism
by Sharon Ely Pearson The lectionary readings for Lent in Year C can be used to explore the five great themes related to Baptism, including those that are posed in the Baptismal Liturgy: The First...
View ArticleThe Day of Pentecost: God’s Punctuation
from Living the Good News Pentecost power and possibility pulsate through the readings on the Holy Spirit for the Feast of Pentecost. In Acts, all the believes are filled with the Spirit, who enables...
View ArticleThe Call to Ministry in Early Pentecost
from Living the Good News For many, the period after Easter, Ascension and Pentecost is a time to slow down, to anticipate the warmer days of summer and to savor the thoughts of vacation and peace. The...
View ArticlePreach Faith and Finances
by Chick Lane In my experience many pastors are reluctant to preach about money. Most of us would rather not have someone say of us, “All you ever talk about is money.” A sure way to avoid this is to...
View ArticleDiscipleship in the Lectionary with Luke
from Living the Good News As we delve deeper into Luke this summer, we hear of stories of discipleship and the Christian life. In the readings for Proper 12 (Year C), the Lord’s Prayer is given to the...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts for Children’s Church
by Sarah Lenton In Creative Ideas for Children’s Worship (3 books, one each for Year A, B, and C) Sarah Lenton provides fresh ideas and activities for a children’s chapel program that follows the...
View ArticleThe Narrative Lectionary
from the Working Preacher Rolf Jacobsen and Craig Koester, professors at Luther Seminary started a four-year alternative lectionary in 2012, calling it the Narrative Lectionary, that lead to a...
View ArticleStorypath
by Sharon Ely Pearson Storypath: Connecting Children’s Literature to Our Faith Story is a website that has been in existence since 2009, but now has a new look! This huge online library of children’s...
View ArticleCalendars: Lectionary or Liturgical?
by Elizabeth Ring Calendars describe rhythms. There is THE calendar, the one that starts a new year on January 1 and then 12 months later flips over to another year; we all have one of these on our...
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