Lectionary Q Podcast: Recent Episodes
Dennis Sanders
Questions and Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary. Hosted by Dennis Sanders a Disciples of Christ pastor in Minnesota.
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Dennis looks at the text for the Third Sunday of Easter, Luke 24:13-35.
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Dennis looks at the texts for the Palm and Passion Sunday, Matthew 21:1-11 and Philippians 2:5-11.
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Dennis looks at the gospel text for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, John 11:1-45.
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Dennis looks at the gospel text for the Third Sunday in Lent, John 4:5-42.
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Learn about First Christian Church of St. Paul (where Dennis serves)
Opening and closing music by David Cutter Music:
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Dennis looks at two texts for the Second Sunday in Lent, Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17.
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Listen to Church and Main Podcast (Dennis’ Other Podcast):
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Learn about First Christian Church of St. Paul
Opening and closing music by David Cutter Music:
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Dennis looks at two texts for Transfiguration Sunday, 2 Peter 1:16-21 and Matthew 17:1-9.
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Text: Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-12
Pastor Dennis Sanders looks at the texts for the Second Sunday of Advent, where Jonny B gets judgy.
Read the Devotional, “The Unforgettable Fire.”
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Text: Romans 13:11-14 and Matthew 24: 36-44
Pastor Dennis Sanders looks at the texts for the First Sunday of Advent.
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Text: Luke 23:33-43
Pastor Dennis Sanders looks at Luke 23:33-43 for Christ the King Sunday.
Christ the King Sunday is one of my favorite Sundays of the Church Year. It’s a rather young church holiday. It was founded a century ago in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. He was Pope during the interwar period, during the rise of totalitarian ideologies. Pius saw communism on the rise with the establishment of the Soviet Union and saw the rise of fascism all around him with Benito Mussolini becoming dictator in Italy. The creation of this holiday was to remind Christians that in a world where there were ideologies and people who were asking for their allegiance, we believe that Jesus is the one who is our King and Lord.
These days, there are some who feel uncomfortable with calling Jesus king and talking about the kingdom of God. Kings were and are anti-democratic and it reminds us of things like colonialism. We might think this is something new, but it isn’t. Colleague Robert Myallis reminds us that even in Jesus’ time, people knew how kings operated and usually it wasn’t great. In a few weeks’ time, we will be reading from Matthew 2:13-23, where King Herod, the king appointed by Rome to rule over Israel, decides to have all the boys under the age of 2 killed because he fears another king that could usurp his rule. This is the way kings have ruled. We might not have many kings today, but we do have leaders who love to lord it over other people. David Brooks reflected on the characteristics of leaders of what he calls of the authoritarian global wolfpack. They are performance artists creating their own reality, warriors over bureaucrats, formentors of chaos and unpredictability.
But that’s not the way of the king we find in Jesus. In Luke we find a king that is being put to death on a cross, a tool used for criminals and revolutionaries. This king forgives those who seek his death. He chooses to sacrifice his life instead of seeking to save it, even though he has the power to do so. He is the King who offers salvation to a common thief by telling him even as he is dying, he will join Jesus in paradise- he will not be forgotten.
There are kings out there now that seek to rule through fear and oppression, just as in Jesus’ time and just as in the time of Pius XI. But we worship a King who gave up his life for our sake. That’s why we call Christ the anointed one King. He alone is the one who rules with justice and mercy. He alone is the one, true king.
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Several times in the text, people mock Jesus by saying that he saved others; he should save himself. What is the significance of those sayings?
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Why do you think Jesus asked God to forgive his killers?
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Why do you think one of the criminals was mocking Jesus? Why did the other one ask to be remembered?
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What did Jesus mean when he said to the criminal, “Today you will be with me in paradise?”
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Opening and closing music by David Cutter Music:
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Text: Luke 21:5-19
Dennis Sanders explores Luke 21:5-19 for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, where Jesus predicts the temple’s destruction and the trials His disciples will face. I reflect on the beauty of the temple contrasted with its impending ruin, connecting it to themes of impermanence observed at the 9/11 Memorial.
Earlier this year, my husband and I went to New York City. We took the train to lower Manhattan to visit the 9/11 Memorial. It was quite moving to see these two grand footprints of where the two towers stood. The busyness of this massive city was stilled as we heard the rushing of the water fountain. The water flowed down into a hole, concealing its destination. It was a reminder of how many people; workers, first responders, and travelers entered buildings and planes and never returned.
Maybe the thing that captured my attention the most was The Sphere. This is a bronze sculpture that stood in the plaza between the two towers. It was damaged in the September 11 attacks, but it was salvaged and placed in Liberty Plaza overlooking the memorial. It’s no longer a perfect sphere. The top is dented inward. It is a stark reminder of that horrible day, but it is also a stark reminder of how things don’t last.
The disciples were quite stunned at the sheer beauty of the temple. But Jesus told them that these beautiful stones wouldn’t last. He was right. By 70 CE, the Romans would level Jerusalem and destroy the temple. It would come tumbling down. Jesus then talks about terrible things: wars. Persecutions. Betrayals. None it is good. As William Butler Yeats says, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.”
In the midst of everything going to seed, Jesus says don’t be terrified which seems sort of bonkers. But he tells them to trust in him. He will give us the words to speak. We can bear witness to his mighty acts in the world. And even if they take our lives, we can rest assured that our souls are secured in Christ. Buildings don’t last, but Christ and his church does.
Questions:
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Jesus warned that we shouldn’t be led astray. How could we be led astray?
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The word “testify” can also be “witness.” In Greek, the word translates to martyr. What did it mean to testify for the disciples who faced persecution? What does it mean now?
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How will the followers of Jesus be treated because of him? How might we be treated if we take Jesus at his word?
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Jesus says, Don’t worry about formulating a defense; instead, trust in Jesus to give us the words and bear witness to God. What does that look like?
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Text: Luke 20:27-38
In this episode of Lectionary Q, host Dennis Sanders reflects on the biblical passage from Luke 20:27-38, focusing on the Sadducees’ question to Jesus about resurrection and marriage. He explores themes of legacy, the significance of resurrection, and the importance of faith in understanding life beyond death.
What’s going on here? The Sadducees decide to ask Jesus a question. Okay. But the question they ask is one of those “how many angels can dance on the head of a pin” kind of questions. They take what was a custom in Jewish law to protect a widow and blow it out of proportion. “So if a woman’s husband dies, his brother then marries her. Then he dies, and his brother marries her,” one of them says. You can see Jesus rolling his eyes farther and farther into the back of his head.
The day after my mother died, my husband shared a message from a friend of ours on Facebook saying that I was her legacy. In the midst of my grief, I was very touched by that note.
Having children can be a sense of immortality, a legacy that outlasts you. It has been that way for a long, long time. That was kind of the thrust behind the very odd question that the Sadducees asked Jesus in today’s text. It was based on the concept of Levirate marriage, which is summarized in Deuteronomy 25:5-6. Theologian and pastor Bob Cornwall points out that the key in this passage is found in verse 6, “so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.”
Since the Sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection, it would make sense they would place more emphasis on this than anything else. But then again, this probably wasn’t really the point. The whole point was to trip Jesus up. It was a loaded question.
In human terms, we focus on legacy. We focus on who is going to carry our names after we are gone from this mortal coil. But Jesus’ answer to the Sadducees and to us is to look ahead to the resurrection. And that is hard. It’s hard, especially for us moderns, because we have a hard time believing in anything other than what we see with our own two eyes. We are worried that our names might be forgotten, but in Christ, our names aren’t forgotten; we aren’t forgotten.
I am grateful to be a legacy of my dear mother. But also know that I look forward to the resurrection when I will see her again. I don’t put my hope in a legacy, but in Christ, who brings new life and when I can look forward to that great gettin’ up morning.
Questions:
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Why do you think the Sadducees asked Jesus such an outlandish question?
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What did Jesus mean when he said, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage?”
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Read Luke 19:45-48. How does this passage connect to our lectionary passage this week?
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Read verses 38 and 39. They say that Jesus answered well because they dared not ask any more questions. Why did they say that?
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Text: Luke 6:20-31 (All Saints C)
I can remember it like it was yesterday, but it was 20 years ago. It was a Friday afternoon and I was called to my supervisor’s office. I was being fired. I messed up. I could feel waves of shame as I left his office and was escorted by an administrative assistant out of the office and down to the lobby of the office building.
Jesus is on a plain and starts talking to his disciples and to the crowd. In Greek, the word for crowd is basically “riff-raff.” These are people who were the down and out. They probably felt like nobodies in their world. All of a sudden, Jesus tells them that the poor belong in the Kingdom of God, that those who hunger will be filled, those who weep will find laughter. In a time when people were told that being rich meant God favored you, this was good news. God remembers those who weren’t at their best. That means that God remembers us. That means God lifts us up. That means God lifts up those who are the poor and the forgotten.
Jesus also offers some woes and too often we think these are different people, and at times they can be. But more often than not, we are the ones who are blessed and also facing woes. And God still loves us and God still remembers us.
The writer David Brooks tells a story of a man who worked at a plant until he was laid off. On his last day, he hoped to just quietly leave the building. But as he left, his co-workers decided to line the hallway and clap for him to send him off. It was a wonderful way to treat him with a sense of dignity.
And this is the promise Jesus gives to all of us. When life seems to fall apart, when just can’t get it together, Jesus says we are blessed. Luke’s version of the Beatitudes might be best summed up in Beck’s 1994 breakout single, in that we are all Losers and God loves us. We are not forgotten. We matter. Thanks be to God.
Questions:
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In Matthew’s version, Jesus is on a mountain. Here, Jesus is on a plain. Does that matter? Why?
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Matthew’s version talks about the “poor in spirit.” Luke just says “ Blessed are the poor. Does the difference matter?
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Luke includes woes in addition to the blessings. Why does he do this? Are these different people from the people who are blessed?
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This is the gospel text for All Saints Sunday. How does this relate to this day? What does this mean about saints who went before us?
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Dennis is back after a week off with not one, not two, but three passages to look at and ask questions: Hebrews 7:23-28, Mark 10:46-52 and John 8:31-36.
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Dennis Sanders had a busy week so he’s only looking at one text this week, Mark 10:17-31, but makes up for it by asking more questions than usual.
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Dennis Sanders looks at the texts from Mark 10:2-16 and Job 1:1 and 2:1-10 and asks some hard questions on divorce and suffering this week.
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Dennis Sanders looks at the texts from Mark 9:38-50 and James 5:13-20 and asks questions about saltiness, losing arms and legs, and the power of prayer.
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Mark 9:30-37 and James 3:13—4:3, 7-8a | September 22, 2024
Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. Join Pastor Dennis Sanders as he asks questions about the texts.
This week's text is Mark 9:30-37 and James 3:13—4:3, 7-8a.
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Mark 8:27-38 and James 3:1-12 | September 15, 2024
Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. Join Pastor Dennis Sanders as he asks questions about the texts.
This week's text is Mark 8:27-38 and James 3:1-12.
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Mark 7:24-37 and James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17 | No Partiality
Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is Mark 7:24-37 and James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is Mark 2:23—3:6 and Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is John 3:1-17.
Read this week’s text: https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=583394680
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are Acts 2:1-21 and Romans 8:22-27.
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Happy Easter! Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to prepare for the upcoming Sunday using texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are Luke 24:44-53 and Acts 1:15-17, 21-26.
Show notes (includes the questions for this week):
https://lectionaryq.substack.com/p/lectionary-q-questions-may-12-2024
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Happy Easter! Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are John 15:9-17 and Acts 10:44-48.
Read this week’s Bible Passage:
John 15:9-17
Acts 10:44-48
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Read this week’s reflection and questions:
Read the Questions: https://lectionaryq.substack.com/p/lectionary-q-questions-may-5-2024
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Happy Easter! Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are John 15:1-8 and Acts 8:26-40.
Read this week’s Bible Passage:
John 15:1-8: https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=580978823
Acts 8:26-40: https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=580978875
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Read this week’s reflection and questions:
Reflection: Something Happened on the Way to Gaza
Questions: https://lectionaryq.substack.com/p/lectionary-q-questions-april-28-2024
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Happy Easter! Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are John 10:11-18 and Acts 4:5-12.
Read this week’s Bible Passage:
John 10:11-18: https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=580320240
Acts 4:5-12: https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=580320288
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Listen to Church and Main Podcast (Dennis’ Other Podcast): https://churchandmain.org/
Letters to a Broken Church: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-e4b4p-15e03a7
Read this week’s reflection and questions:
https://lectionaryq.substack.com/p/weekly-reflection-the-good-shepherd
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Happy Easter! Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are Luke 24:36-48 and Acts 3:12-19 .
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from John 20:19-31.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 16:1-8.
Read this week’s Bible Passage: Mark 16:1-8.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from John 13:1-17, 31b-35.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 11:1-11.
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Questions:
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Why do you think the people allowed the donkey to be taken?
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When the people placed their cloaks on the ground for Jesus, this was reminiscent of a story earlier in the Bible where God chose a new king. How is Jesus a new king? Who is he replacing?
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The people shouted Hosanna, which means “save us.” What did salvation look like to them and what did it look like for Jesus?
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Jesus comes to the temple, looks around, and leaves. Why do you think he did this? Why didn’t he clear the temple, which is what he would do later on?
Read the reflection, We Don’t Need Another Hero.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from John 12:20-33.
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What does it mean to hate your life? In what ways can one lose their lives
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What does Jesus mean when he says “Father, Glorify your name?”
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Why did Jesus say that the voice came for the sake of the crowd?
Read the reflection, Seeing Jesus.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from John 3:14-21.
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Questions:
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What does it mean that God loves the world? What does it mean that God loves the world that we live in now?
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Can God be loving and wrathful? What does a wrath look like in God’s kingdom?
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The quotes by Jason Micheli and Fleming Rutledge talk about outrage and anger when it comes to injustice. How do we hold both anger and love? How do you think God holds both anger and love?
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Jesus talks about love in verse 16 but also talks about judgment in verse 19. What does God’s judgment look like?
Read the reflection, Love and Anger.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from John 2:13-22.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Genesis 9:8-17.
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Questions:
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The story of Noah and the Ark is a staple for children. If you heard this story when you were a child, how has your view of the story changed?
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What does it mean to establish a covenant? What was so special about this covenant between Noah and God?
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What do rainbows mean to you?
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What does this story have to do with the season of Lent?
You can read the reflection, “Control, Alt, Delete” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 9:2-9.
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Questions:
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How would you describe the Transfiguration in your own words?
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Why do you think Peter spoke up when Jesus was transfigured?
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What role does beauty have in a life of faith?
You can read the reflection, “Listen To Your Eyes” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 1:29-39.
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Questions:
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Think about a time when you were ill. How did that disrupt your daily living?
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What did it mean for Peter’s mother-in-law to get up and serve after being healed? Was she fulfilling a gender role or was it something more?
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Jesus took time away after healing people to be alone with God? How is that important to Jesus’ ministry? How is it important to our ministries?
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Read Mark 10:45. How does this relate to the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law and the healing of others in today’s text?
You can read the reflection, “Washing the Teacup” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 1:21-28.
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If Jesus taught unlike the scribes, how would you describe the scribe’s teaching?
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How are the teaching and the casting out of the demon linked?
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A man with an unclean spirit wasn’t supposed to be in the synagogue. How did he get there?
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What do these events tell us about the Kingdom of God that Jesus spoke about in Mark 1:14-20?
You can read the reflection, “NOT A Concept” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 1:14-20 and Jonah 3:1-5, 10.
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Questions:
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The passage starts out by saying Jesus’ ministry starts “after John is arrested.” What is the significance the timing of these events?
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In verse 15, many versions have Jesus saying “The time is fulfilled.” In the Message version, Jesus says, “Time’s up.” How does this change of words change the passage or not?
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In the age of social media, we can “follow” people. Jesus calls his first disciples by asking them to “follow me.” Is there a difference between the two?
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The passage says that the first disciples immediately leave to follow Jesus. How would you react if Jesus said “follow me?”
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James and John left their father, Zebedee behind. How do you think Zebedee felt?
You can read the reflection, “The Things You Leave Behind” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from John 1:43-51.
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Phillip tells Nathaniel to ‘come and see.’ What does that mean to Philip? To Nathaniel? What does it mean to you?
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Nathaniel wants to know can anything good come from Nazareth. What did he mean by that? What are the places today where we might question anything of value coming from there?
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What role does a relationship have when it comes to discipleship?
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Look at John 1:51. It draws from the story of Jacob’s Ladder found in Genesis 28:12 and the descent of the Son of Man in Daniel 7:13. What is Jesus saying about himself?
You can read the reflection, “This Is Who We Are” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Mark 1:4-11.
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What is the significance of the wilderness in this text?
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What does baptism mean to you? Is it about repentance or is it a sign of God’s grace?
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What does it look like to be baptized by the Holy Spirit?
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In some versions verse 10 we see the heavens are “torn apart.” What does this violent image signify? What does it say about God?
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After Jesus baptism, he goes into the desert and is tempted by the devil. What does God’s words that Jesus is the beloved mean in this context?
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 1:26-38.
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When Gabriel visits Mary, he calls her “favored one.” What do you think makes her favored?
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Mary was perplexed by Gabriel’s words. What about God has left you perplexed?
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Read Luke 1:5-25. An angel also visits Zacheriah months before and like Mary asks how this can be. In his case he and his wife were old. Why did the angel make Zacheriah mute? What makes him different?
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In verse 36 Gabriel shares that her cousin Elizabeth is in her sixth month of pregnancy. Mary knows that Elizabeth is old and past her fertile years. Did that make a difference in her acceptance of what the angel said?
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The angel says that with God nothing is impossible. What does that mean to you? Has God done the impossible in your life or the life of family and friends?
You can read the reflection, “A Season of Surprise” along with the questions by going here.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are from Mark 1:1-8 and Isaiah 40:1-11.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are from Matthew 2:1-12 and Micah 6:1-8.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 23:33-43
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Here are the questions for this week’s passage:
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The New Revised Standard Version says in verse 33 that “they” crucified Jesus. Who is the “they?” Is it the soldiers? The leaders? The people?
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What is the significance of the Inscription on the cross (This is the King of the Jews)?
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When Jesus says “Today you will be with me in paradise,” what does he mean?
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Several times Jesus is mocked by saying he should save himself. Could this statement of mockery also be a temptation? How?
The History of Christ the King Sunday
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 6:21-30.
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Here are the questions for this week’s passage:
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The word “blessed” can also mean “happy.” What does it mean that those who are poor or hungry are “happy?”
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These blessings are also found in Matthew 5:1-12. In Matthew, the phrase “in spirit” is added to verse 3 where Jesus talks about blessing the poor. Why is that added in Matthew? Does it make a difference?
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The passage in Luke adds woes in addition to blessings. Why do you think the writer does this? How does it change the passage?
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In verse 29, Jesus talks about turning the other cheek and giving up not just cloaks but shirts as well. How does this relate to Christ dying on the cross?
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Verse 31 is sometimes called the Golden Rule. How easy or difficult is it to live this out? How hard was it to live out in Jesus’ day?
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This passage is used during All Saints Sunday. How does it relate to All Saints?
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 19:1-10.
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Here are the questions for this week’s passage:
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We are told that Zaccheus was a tax collector and was rich. What does that mean to the crowd? What does it mean to Jesus?
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Why do you think Zaccheus wanted to see Jesus?
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Jesus says he must stay at Zaccheus house. Why does he insist on staying?
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Did the act of Jesus coming to stay with Zaccheus make him give so much of his wealth?
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Was Zaccheus gift the result of gratitude? Why or why not?
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Jesus says the Son of Man comes to seek and save the lost. What does “lost” mean in this instance? What does the word “save” mean?
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 18:9-14.
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Both men stand alone in the temple, apart from anyone else. Why?
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Imagine that you’re hearing this story for the first time. Would it be a shock to you? Hearing this story for the first time who was the justified one and who was not?
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Does either get character get what they deserve?
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How are we like the Pharisee? How are we like the tax collector?
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Martin Luther once wrote, “Scripture describes man as so curved in upon himself that he uses not only physical but even spiritual goods for his own purposes and in all things seeks only himself.” The phrase Incurvatis in se (curved in on oneself) means that even when we try to do good, it’s hard for us to not look out for our own self-interest. Which character is curved in on themself? What example can you draw from your life?
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Luke 18:1-8.
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Here are the questions for this week’s passage:
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What does it mean that God “watched over” both destruction and building?
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Why couldn’t God use the original covenant made with Israel?
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What does it mean that God would write the law on their hearts? What would that look like?
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What did it mean that God didn’t have to teach them anymore?
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When Jesus talks about praying and not losing heart, does that mean praying to get what we want or something else entirely?
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What or who does the unjust judge represent in the story?
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God says God will quickly grant justice in verse 8. What does quickly mean to God and what does it mean to us?
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What is the answer to verse 8 when it Jesus asks if God will find justice on earth?
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This is a trial episode of Lectionary Q for the Narrative Lectionary. Let us know what you think! This week's text is from Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17
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Why is the memory of God’s actions for the Israelites so important to God?
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Is the first commandment found in verse 2 (I am the Lord your God) or verse 3 (you shall have no other gods)? Does it matter?
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Why was keeping the sabbath so important to God? What did their enslavement have to do with sabbath?
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Why would God punish the children of the parents who sinned against God?
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How would you describe the word covenant? What did it mean to the Israelites? What does it mean to us as Christians now?
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What did it mean that the Israelites would be a treasured possession?
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 17:11-19.
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Here are the questions for this week’s passage:
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Why didn’t Jesus heal the lepers on the spot, but instead told them to show themselves to the priest?
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What do you think happened to the other nine lepers? Why didn’t they return to Jesus?
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What is the main hook of this story? Was it that one man came back to say thanks? Or was it that this man was a Samaritan?
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When Jesus responds by calling the Samaritan a “foreigner” what do you think is being implied?
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Do you think the other nine were not grateful?
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When Jesus says the man’s faith has healed him, what healed the other men’s bodies? Also, there is some indication the phrase “has made you well” is in the perfect tense meaning it is a one-time action that makes an impact into the future. If the Samaritan understood that, how would that make him feel?
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This is a trial episode of Lectionary Q for the Narrative Lectionary. Let us know what you think! This week's text is from Exodus 14:5-7, 10-14, 21-29.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 16:19-31.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 15:1-10.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 16:1-13.
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