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Three truths about humans living within a wider created world stand out frequently in the Psalms and elsewhere in the Bible. Each of these calls humans to grateful humility. First, humans are not the only (...)

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Sept. 10, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 18:15-20; (1st Reading) Ezekiel 33:7-11; (Semi-continuous 1st Reading) Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 119:33-40; (2nd Reading) Romans 13:8-14. Recorded at Luther (...)

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Feb. 5, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 5:13-20; (1st Reading) Isaiah 58:1-9a [9b-12]; Psalm 112:1-9 [10]; (2nd Reading) 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 [13-16]. Recorded at Luther Seminary, (...)

Discussion on texts for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 23) (Sept. 4, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 14:25-33; (First Reading) Deuteronomy 30:15-20; (Alternate First Reading) Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 1; (Second Reading) Philemon 1:1-21.

Discussion on texts for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 23; Sept. 6, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 7:24-37; (First Reading) Isaiah 35:4-7a; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 146; (Second Reading) James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17.

Discussion on texts for Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 12; June 21, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 4:35-41; (First Reading) Job 38:1-11; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 1 Samuel 17:[1a, 4-11, 19-23] 32-49; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32; (Second Reading) 2 (...)

Discussion on texts for Ordinary 33 (Nov. 16, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 25:14-30; (1st Reading) Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18; (Semi-continuous 1st Reading) Judges 4:1-7; Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12; (2nd Reading) 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11.

Discussion on texts for Ordinary 23 (Sept. 7, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 18:15-20; (1st Reading) Ezekiel 33:7-11; (Semicontinuous 1st Reading) Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 119:33-40; (2nd Reading) Romans 13:8-14.

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Craig Koester, and Kathryn Schifferdecker for “I Love to Tell the Story,” a conversation on Year 4 of the narrative lectionary. This podcast covers the text for March 30, 2014: John (...)

Discussion on texts for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Nov. 17, 2013): (Gospel) Luke 21:5-19; (1st Reading) Malachi 4:1-2a; (Semi-continuous 1st Reading) Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 98; (2nd Reading) 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13.