Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

5th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: July 5, 2020 Job 38:25-27; 41:1-8; 42:1-6 When God Was a Little Girl by David Weiss (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Last week’s passage focused on God’s power in creation, whole this week centers on God’s creativity. The passage, in contrast to

4th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 28, 2020 Job 31:35-37; 38:1-11 Older Than the Stars by Karen Fox (Written for ages 7-10) Comment: After several weeks of hearing from Job, we finally hear God’s “out of the whirlwind.” God begins at the very beginning, focusing on the act

3rd Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 21, 2020 Job 14:7-15; 19:23-27 Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In the passage from chapter 14, Job gives us a concrete image of persistent hope. Even an old, dried-up stump – in which it seems there

2nd Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 14, 2020 Job 3:1-10; 4:1-9; 7:11-21 The Feeling Flower by Leah Dakroub (Written for ages 2-5 Comment: After the devastation Job has experienced in the previous two chapters, he expresses his pain and sorrow in no uncertain terms: “Let the

1st Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 7, 2020 Job 1:1-22 The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street by Ann Redisch Stampler (Written for ages 3-8) Comment: The book of Job is meant to be taken as a parable or fable, rather than a historical account. This is clear from the Hebrew

Pentecost Year 2: May 31, 2020 Acts 2:1-4 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Written for ages 2-6) Comment: As we conclude the liturgical year with the celebration of Pentecost, the texts for today remind us that everyone has unique and important talents –

7th Sunday of Easter Year 2: May 24, 2020 1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57  It Will Be Okay by Lysa TerKeurst (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Children of different ages vary widely in their understanding of death. When engaging this text, please be mindful of children who may have

6th Sunday of Easter Year 2: May 17, 2020 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Love, Z by Jessie Sima (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: This text is often used to describe how we ought to love one another – the qualities that should define our relationships. If we look closely at the first few

5th Sunday of Easter Year 2: May 10, 2020 Acts 18:1-4 and 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Colors Versus Shapes by Mike Boldt (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, he points out the divisions among them that aren’t productive. It doesn’t matter who it was who