Lectionary Resources

27 March 2022 The call to repentance continues this week. Although the focus shifts just a little bit, to themes of forgiveness and reconciliation. Often these aspects of the [...]

20 March 2022 The theme this week is a powerful follow on from last week. The issues of suffering, judgment, repentance, compassion, and justice all come together in ways [...]

13 March 2022 To what extent does faith offers us blessing and protection, and to what extent is it a call to suffer for the higher cause of God's [...]

06 March 2022 As we move into Lent, it is tempting to make services solemn and dark, to preach hellfire and brimstone and to focus on all the evil [...]

02 March 2022 Every year, the Lectionary gives us the same readings for Ash Wednesday. However, this year we have the additional perspective of Luke's Gospel, since this is [...]

27 February 2022 As Epiphany draws to a close the Scriptures turn, as usual, to the Transfiguration of Jesus. There are so many ways to approach this mysterious and [...]

20 February 2022 As Epiphany draws to a close, and we near the Lenten season, the Lectionary gives us a prophecy of what lies on the other end of [...]

13 February 2022 How we choose to live has consequences. We have been given, in the Scriptures and in Christ’s example, a picture of the kind of life that [...]

06 February 2022 After last week, in which the wonderful “yes” of God was explored alongside the challenging “no”, the Lectionary now challenges us to decide what to do [...]

30 January 2022 Grace is not just a "yes" to love and compassion and acceptance and forgiveness. Grace is also a "no" to hatred and apathy and condemnation and [...]