Lectionary Resources

23 October 2022 Somehow it's not easy to admit our brokenness or its impact on others. It takes humility to acknowledge how we need to change to bring life [...]

16 October 2022 This is a week to challenge one of our most basic Christian practices - prayer. But it is also a week to bring together two important [...]

09 October 2022 It's not the first time the Lectionary has brought us face to face with the scandalous inclusivity of the Gospel, but that's the thread running through [...]

02 October 2022 This week our worship shifts to the daily reality of persevering in faithfulness to the small actions that bring justice into our world. As hard as [...]

25 September 2022 The Lectionary continues to challenge us about money, wealth and poverty. It's not a particularly new theme to explore, but it is a significant focus of the [...]

18 September 2022 If you're intending to focus on the Gospel this week, you're in for a tough one. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager is a difficult one [...]

11 September 2022 The concept of repentance is a tad unfashionable these days, but justice cannot be achieved without it, and worship becomes shallow for lack of it. It's [...]

04 September 2022 This is not going to be a fun week to preach - but it is going to be life-giving! The essential message of this week's readings [...]

28 August 2022 One word, perhaps, sum up the Lectionary readings this week: humility. In the face of a culture in which we are all encouraged to 'value ourselves', [...]

21 August 2022 In today's readings two significant ideas come together: "Sabbath" and "God's Kingdom". A true understanding of Sabbath (which links, of course, with the idea of Jubilee), [...]