The Year D Project

Happy to do it! - TMS

2011-12-19T09:54:26.154-06:00

Happy to do it! - TMS

Thanks for the plug! It is an excellent book. Jam...

2011-12-19T09:39:09.856-06:00

Thanks for the plug! It is an excellent book.

James
Marketing, Eisenbrauns

Dear Phil: Thanks for your comment. After writing...

2011-12-13T16:43:24.408-06:00

Dear Phil:

Thanks for your comment. After writing liturgy for a number of years and trying to avoid using engendered references to God, the Lord, the Son of Man, the Son of God, Jesus, etc., I finally resolved to follow the convention of the NRSV, and allow myself the freedom to use masculine pronouns for the Deity where the Scriptures do likewise, yet not shy away from feminine

I commend the effort to expand the lectionary. Our...

2011-12-13T15:21:10.068-06:00

I commend the effort to expand the lectionary. Our church will be experimenting with Year D in worship this year. However I am saddened by the exclusive use of masculine imagery in the supporting worship materials. I see that as a huge step backward.

Hi, Mark: The "bump" is a matter of edi...

2011-01-25T07:00:56.008-06:00

Hi, Mark:

The "bump" is a matter of editing or changing the time of the actual post to show a different date. Weblogs tend to simply arrange themselves chronologically, with the most recent post on the top of the stack, and the only way I know to rearrange the stack is to change the date and time of the post. That's why Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time is showing a February

Thank you Dr. Slemmons, I don't know what you...

2011-01-24T23:34:55.127-06:00

Thank you Dr. Slemmons,

I don't know what you meant by the "bump" technique, and I can find many of the resources by following the link from the lections pages, but the links stop on "Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time". How do I find those resources for "Sixth Sunday [Proper 1]" and following Sundays?

It's done, Mark. Thanks for your kind comments...

2010-12-16T18:07:22.488-06:00

It's done, Mark. Thanks for your kind comments.

I've discovered the "bump" technique of changing the date and time of the posts, which reorders their sequence in the archives, but is somewhat misleading when it comes to leaving historical markers as to when things were actually posted. Oh well. The main thing is to either look in the archives in roughly liturgical

I love this resource. Thank you to whom ever has ...

2010-12-16T17:32:14.807-06:00

I love this resource. Thank you to whom ever has done the work behind it.
When will we have the liturgical helps (call to worship, prayers, assurance, etc) for the Sundays after the 2nd Sunday of Christmas? Am waiting anxiously.

P.S. Zechariah here is the picture of the penitent...

2010-12-01T14:20:04.917-06:00

P.S. Zechariah here is the picture of the penitent priest, is he not? Repentant of his unbelief, and at precisely the same moment, he recognizes God's grace in sending salvation and forgiveness by way of the tender mercy of the one for whom his son is to prepare the way. Is this not what reformation is all about? The reformation and revitalization of God's people that occurs when not just

Pastor Steve: The traditional themes of the speci...

2010-12-01T14:04:19.389-06:00

Pastor Steve:

The traditional themes of the specific Sundays in Advent (Hope, Peace, etc.) were not prominent in my thinking here, only the season as such and the need to include missing nativity texts. I've simply arranged those texts from the gospels, and started a semi-continuous series of unused epistle texts from Hebrews which reaches into the first Sundays of Ordinary Time/

The anger of God, the vengeance of God, the wrath ...

2010-11-30T12:10:45.204-06:00

The anger of God, the vengeance of God, the wrath of God-- never enter my rest, rot with leprosy, everyone dies in the wilderness, only Moses really pleases me-- what did these people have to give them hope?

Only the Lucan passage, where Zechariah recognizes God's amazing, wonderful kindness in reaching the day of Salvation, when he comes to know that his and Elizabeth's one