Lectionary Guides Archive
I create a visual guide to the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary every week on THIS PAGE. Below are the archives of the posts, listed newest to oldest.
Happy New Year | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries
Happy New Year! This week both lectionaries go back to fill in some gaps from Jesus’ origin story in Matthew. The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) takes us to Matthew 2:13-23 and the Narrative Lectionary (NL) takes us all the way back to the genealogy in Matthew 1:1-17. These are visual resources to help you study, preach, and teach these texts.
Read the Nativity Story in Luke 2
It is Christmas and both lectionaries take us back to Luke 2. This post offers visual resources to tell the Nativity story in fresh ways.
Tell BOTH Christmas Stories This Year | Visual Resources to Help You
Matthew and Luke each tell a very different version of Jesus’ birth. This year the lectionaries let us tell each of them in a special way. Here are some visual resources and commentary to help you preach and teach these important stories.
God Is With Us | Visual Resources for Advent 4, Love, and Both Lectionaries
This post offers visual resources for the week of December 18, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. It is the fourth Sunday of Advent and we light the candle of Love. It is also the great convergence where the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary call for the same Gospel text. Matthew 1:18-25 tells the story of Joseph’s dream when a divine messenger tells him to take Mary to be his wife and they should name the child Jesus and call him Immanuel, God is with us.
The Light of Joy | Visual Resources for Advent 3 and Both Lectionaries
This post offers visual resources for the week of December 11, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. It is the third Sunday of Advent and we light the candle of Joy. John the Baptist questions Jesus from prison. Are you the one? Jesus comments that John is Elijah (RCL). Isaiah offers a picture of the Messiah as one who will shine a light for the nations (NL).
Longing for Peace | Visual Resources for Advent 2 and Both Lectionaries
This post offers visual resources for the week of December 4, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. It is the second Sunday of Advent and we light the candle of peace. John the Baptist calls the people of Israel into the wilderness to repent, be baptized, and to prepare themselves for the coming Kingdom of God (RCL), and Esther withstands the oppressive practices of her captor king and saves her people from genocide (NL).
Watching in Hope | Visual Resources for Advent 1 and Both Lectionaries
This post offers visual resources for the week of November 27, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. It is the first Sunday of Advent and we light the candle of hope. Jesus warns his disciples of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and tells them to watch and be ready (RCL) and the prophet Habakkuk warns Jerusalem of the coming destruction from the Babylonian Empire (NL).
Living in Dark Days | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries This Week (Luke 23:33-43 and Isaiah 37)
This post offers visual resources for the week of November 20, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. Jesus is crucified between two criminals in Luke 23:33-43 (RCL) and Jerusalem is beseiged by the Assyrian Empire in Isaiah 36-37 (NL).
How to Live in Light of Coming Destruction in Luke and Micah | Resources for Both Lectionaries this Week
This post offers visual resources for the week of November 13, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. Jesus warns the people of Israel about the coming destruction of the Temple in Luke 21:5-19 (RCL) and Micah warns the people of Judah to prepare for their coming judgment (NL).
