Mind the Gap: Lectionary Commentary

Friendship, reconciliation, and Reformation... All that and more in this week's episode of Mind the Gap!

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London Calling by Ryan Andersen

The beauty of creation is a way to talk about experiences of the divine around us even for people that are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with the institution of Church. This psalm also keeps our attention on a region of the world that desperately needs our prayers and our solidarity for justice.

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

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London Calling by Ryan Andersen

This week begins a series of Hebrews readings for the second lesson. We talk about Greek and Christology in this episode, but this gap could actually be very helpful for preaching a difficult gospel passage.

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

This is the ONLY Sunday in all three years of the lectionary cycle that has a reading from Esther, so you'd better believe we're going to talk about that. And the Numbers reading reminds us of the calling we all have for ministry, not just religious leaders and authority figures.

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

See how we disagree with one another in a way that is respectful and productive? Very mindful. Very demure. Honestly, this might be the most fun we've had recording an episode.

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

What are modern proverbs that we probably have all heard but don't think of as such? Where does wisdom come from? What cultural wisdoms have we grown beyond?

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

It's our first-ever triple gap episode!

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

It's a double scripture week, folks! We'll dig into patterns for prayer, question where God dwells, and wrestle with the difference between salvation history and salvation memory.

London Calling by Ryan Andersen

Scripture is playing the Game of Thrones in this week's gap! Scripture reveals humanity's distorted relationship with power and God's merciful relationship with humanity.

London Calling by Ryan Andersen