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Discussion on texts for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Feb. 8, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 1:29-39; (1st Reading) Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; (2nd Reading) 1 Corinthians 9:16-23.

Sometimes a comfortably well-trodden path becomes a rut. When our interpretive wheels become stuck in it, we may misread important passages. God’s speech to Noah and his offspring in Genesis 9:8-17 (February 22) indeed emphasizes (...)

Narrative Lectionary podcast on readings for Jan. 4, 2015: Matthew 2:12-23 (Accompanying text: Psalm 11:1-3).

Discussion on texts for Christ the King/Reign of Christ (Nov. 23, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 25:31-46; (1st Reading) Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; (2nd Reading) Ephesians 1:15-23.

Discussion on texts for Ordinary 31 (Nov. 2, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 23:1-12; (1st Reading) Micah 3:5-12; (Semi-continuous 1st Reading) Joshua 3:7-17; Psalm 43; (2nd Reading) 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13.

The rapture is declining, according to Wheaton College’s Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals. The nineteenth-century notion that Christians will escape the planet before widespread tribulation heralds the world’s end — a notion popularized (...)

Discussion on texts for Ordinary 29 (Oct. 19, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 22:15-22; (1st Reading) Isaiah 45:1-7; (Semicontinuous 1st Reading) Exodus 33:12-23; Psalm 96:1-9 [10-13]; (2nd Reading) 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10.

Discussion on texts for Ordinary 26 (Sept. 28, 2014): (Gospel) Matthew 21:23-32; (1st Reading) Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; (Semicontinuous 1st Reading) Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 25:1-9; (2nd Reading) Philippians 2:1-13.

During September, leading up to the Feast Day of St. Francis, a growing number of congregations adopt the alternate lectionary Season of Creation. This month, Working Preacher is hosting essays treating Year 1, the Spirit (...)

Editor’s Note: Each week in August WorkingPreacher.org will publish commentaries that correspond with the readings for Season of Creation 2014: Series A (The Spirit Series). A full listing of worship resources (including liturgies to accompany the readings) (...)