At Home with the Lectionary

In this episode, we discuss four of the many readings for Easter Sunday (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12.

We join the women at the tomb as they cycle through grief, perplexity, and terror before they remember Jesus' words and so find hope and eagerness to share the good news. We marvel at Paul's theological teaching on what resurrection means to those "in Christ." We worship with the Psalmist that "on this day the Lord has acted" and consider the many layered approaches to biblical interpretation. We hear anew Peter's sermon and the birthright of the church: people who encounter the risen Jesus and then are commissioned to tell others about Him.

Other notes:
-The ACNA 2019 BCP lections for the various Easter services (scroll down to the "Sunday, Holy Day & Commemoration Lectionary" and look for Easter Sunday in the table therein).
-Hallelujah!  The Lord is Risen! 
-Correction: It is not CS Lewis who says that all sad things will come untrue but JRR Tolkien through his characters: 
“‘Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the world?’
‘A great Shadow has departed,’ said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land; and as he listened the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days upon days without count.” - from The Return of the King

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Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode, we discuss the readings for Palm Sunday (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 (in this podcast we do a reader's theater of the Passion Narrative according to Mark.

We consider various ways to engage during Holy Week, discuss Isaiah 50 with respect to soul care practices of listening to others with one ear and the Lord with the other, and spend a good deal of time reflecting on the gifts of lament, suffering, and grief, in Scripture. We close with a reader's theater version of the Passion Narrative.

Other notes:
-We recommend writer Clarissa Moll as a kind and wise companion in grief and anticipate her forthcoming book Beyond the Darkness.
-Scripts for Reader's Theater versions of the Passion Narrative

Holy Week Resources:
-Fernando Ortega's Album The Crucifixion of Jesus
-The Gospel of John film
-The Gospel of Matthew film
-Seems like there are some newer versions that we haven't yet seen but may be worth a look: The Gospel of Luke and others
-The Chosen miniseries

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Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode, we discuss the readings for the fifth Sunday in Lent (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14: John 12:1-8.

We consider Mary's extravagant anointing of Jesus' feet (and why in the world she dried them with her hair?), Paul's exemplary religious scrupulosity and how he found it worthless in light of Christ, the challenges of Bible translation as evidenced by Psalm 126, and childlike expectation for good things from God's hand.

Other notes:
-Peruse this variety of print parallel Bibles or online at Bible Gateway.
-I Dared to Call Him Father, by: Bilquis Sheikh & Richard Schneider

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Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode, we discuss the readings for the fourth Sunday in Lent (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32.

Other notes:
-We ponder Jesus' teaching in The Parable of The Prodigal Son, or is it the Parable of the Prodigal Father? Or The Parable of the Resentful Son? We also consider Paul's apostolic message of reconciliation, David's perspective on confession of sin, and the momentous moment at Gilgal.
-The One Year Chronological Bible NIV
-Cradle to Cross wooden Lenten wreath with candles (can also be used during Advent)

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Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode we consider the readings for the third Sunday in Lent (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 63; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9. (The ACNA 2019 prayerbook includes Psalm 103; the RCL includes Isaiah 55:1-9).

We discuss Jesus' parable of the unproductive fig tree, temptation and endurance, satisfaction in God, and the burning bush.

Things mentioned in the Podcast:
-Kingdom, Grace Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus, by: Robert Farrar Capon
-The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, by: David Johnson and Jeff Van Vonderen
-The One Year Chronological Bible NIV
-Cradle to Cross wooden Lenten wreath with candles (can also be used during Advent)
-Wikipedia has a thorough discussion of the way Lent is "counted" in different corners of the church. Scroll down to the "Date and Duration" segment.

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode we discuss the readings for the second Sunday in Lent (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35.

Things we mentioned in the Podcast:
-Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, by: Dr. Bryan Beyer (with sidebar by seminarian Aaron - ;)
-Lettering through Lent: Prayers, Hymns, Scriptures and Saints, by: Lorelei Woreland
-What a Friend We Have In Jesus lyrics
-Resources for Lent from Advent Anglican, including a downloadable primer on Lent, book recommendations, and household compline service.

-Also: are there more grains of sand on earth or stars in the sky? Short version: Astronomers  mathematically estimate that, in a mind-blowing testimony to the complexity and majesty of creation, there are more stars in the observable universe than sand on earth's beaches. And we must fill in the blanks with our imaginations to hypothesize magnitudes beyond that.

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode we discuss the readings for the first Sunday in Lent (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91; Romans 10:4-13; Luke 4:1-13.

Things we mentioned in the Podcast:
-ACNA 2019 prayer book and Coverdale Psalter
-Mepkin Abbey
-Girl Meets God, by: Lauren Winner - in which she gives up books for Lent. (!!!)
-1 John 2:16, wherein JOHN discusses the "lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life."
-Resources for Lent from Advent Anglican, including a downloadable primer on Lent, book recommendations, and household compline service.

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode we discuss the readings for the last Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C in the lectionary cycle) which is Transfiguration Sunday: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36 (37-43a).

Things we mentioned in the Podcast:
-Mepkin Abbey in Monck's Corner, SC
-discussion of light in human spaces as found in Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday
-Song I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
-The One Year Chronological Bible, NIV

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode we discuss the readings for the seventh Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Genesis 45:3-12, 15;  Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50; Luke 6:27-38.

Editorial note from Fr Aaron: 

I mention in this podcast that the number of verses in Psalm 37 is different between the Book of Common Prayer’s psalter and most Bible translations. Why? The psalter tends to stick with the “couplet” nature of the psalm when breaking it into verses, presumably because this makes for cleaner corporate reading. But since this psalm is an acrostic of the Hebrew alphabet, most Bible translations generally break it into verses according to each successive acrostic letter. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet (my apologies for not being able to recall that when recording this podcast!), so you might think this would result in 44 verses. Alas, some  irregularities in the grouping of the acrostic’s letters prevents this sort of unperturbed math/versification. In the end, the result is that most Bibles will show 40 verses for Psalm 37, whereas various psalters will typically show either 41 or 42 verses. 

I also mentioned that even the chapter/psalm number of each psalm may vary in some cases! How is that possible? The Vulgate (Latin translation of the OT) and Septuagint (Greek translation of the OT) split or combine several of the psalms, relative to the Hebrew manuscripts—though all add up to a total of 150 psalms ultimately. Most contemporary—and all Protestant—Bibles number the psalms according to the Hebrew manuscripts. But the Vulgate and Septuagint were central for the early Catholic and Orthodox churches, so you may find traces of this different numbering system for the psalms in those traditions.

Other things we discuss in the episode:
ACNA 2019 prayer book and Coverdale Psalter
Boundaries, by: Cloud & Townsend

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

In this episode we discuss the readings for the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; Luke 6:17-26; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20.

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.