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.
Ash Wednesday and The Beginning of Lent | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries
Lent begins this week with Ash Wedneday and the first Sunday of Lent. The RCL takes us to Matthew 6 for Ash Wednesday and Matthew 4 for Sunday. The Narrative Lectionary continues walking through the story of Matthew and lands in the Community Discourse of Matthew 18. This post has visual resources for all these passages.
The Transfiguration | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries for Feb. 19, 2023
Both lectionaries converge on the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration in Matthew this week. The Revised Common Lectionary focuses on Matthew 17:1-9 and the Narrative Lectionary zooms out to Matthew 16:24-17:8.
The Parables | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries on February 12, 2023
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for February 12, 2023.
True Wisdom | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries on February 5, 2023
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for February 5, 2023.
The Foolishness of The Gospel | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries for January 29, 2023
This post offers visual resources for the texts in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for Sunday, January 29, 2022. This week the RCL takes us to the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 and 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. Both texts proclaim the foolishness of the Good News that Jesus offers the world. The Narrative Lectionary takes us to the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6, where we have the foolish notion that the creator of the universe actually cares about us and wants to listen.
Jesus Begins His Ministry and the Beatitudes | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries on January 22, 2023
This week the Revised Common Lectionary takes us to Matthew 4 when Jesus begins his public ministry based in Capernaum. The Narrative Lectionary went there last week and this week takes us to Matthew 5:1-20 to begin a short series in the Sermon on the Mount.
Jesus is Tempted and Begins Ministry | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries on January 15, 2023
Jesus begins his public ministry in the readings for this week. The Revised Common Lectionary takes us to John 1:29-42 where we see John the Baptist introduce his disciples to Jesus. The Narrative Lectionary continues in Matthew 4:1-17 and takes us into the wilderness where Jesus is tempted and then to Capernaum where Jesus takes up the mantle of John’s preaching.
Jesus is Baptized | Matthew 3:1-17 | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries
Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist in Matthew 3:1-17. This week both lectionaries take us to this text. The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) focuses on verses 13-17 and the Narrative Lectionary (NL) looks at verses 1-17.
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.
