Revised Common Lectionary

Bleak midwinter seems a fitting stage for this lectionary text that likely dates to the [...]

The days between Christmas and New Year’s Day see a shift from the images of [...]

Church leaders and biblical interpreters often note that the Gospel of Luke reports Jesus’ birth [...]

The Sunday after Christmas is typically a “low Sunday.” The energy and anticipation of Advent [...]

With its focus on Joseph as the chief character, Matthew’s unique story of Jesus’ birth [...]

In this last Sunday of Advent, we circle back to the beginning of Romans, revisiting [...]

The difficulty of today’s text is perhaps also its genius: God is with us-and the [...]

John’s question is really the question for hearers of every age. More clearly than perhaps [...]

In the third Sunday of Advent, the epistle reading shifts from Paul’s letter to the [...]