There’s a story today in the Pensacola News Journal about my step-son John Webb and the John Webb Winter Golf Tournament. Great stuff, though I must note that John has signed with the Chicago Cubs this year, so will be wearing much more blue than red!
Preparing for the tournament has kept me fairly brief in all my postings this week, a side effect some will certainly appreciate!
Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31
I have written a couple of articles this week for my Participatory Bible Study Blog that relate to the week’s lectionary passages. 1) Translating Philippians 1:9-11 comparing three translations of the passage and discussing the difficulties of getting a clear English rendering and 2) The Mosaic Bible and the Lectionary – Update discussing the use…
It’s not surprising that, as I read the passages for Advent 1B, [corrected from 1A-What can I have been thinking?] I got the sense of expectation, and even just a bit (or more) of impatience. We have the prayer for God’s intervention and protection in Psalm 80, the cry for God to rend the heavens…
November 16, 2003 1 Samuel 1:4-20 and 1 Samuel 2:1-10 or Daniel 12:1-3 and Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-25 Mark 13:1-8
If you aren’t acquainted with the concept of types and antitypes, you will find it much more difficult to see a connection between the lectionary passages and to build sermons that connect the overall story of the gospel. I’m just providing a brief note here, because I saw a good working definition in the Orthodox…
Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-20
