Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

16th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 22, 2019 Genesis 32:[9-13] 22-30 Everywhere, Wonder by Matthew Swanson (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: Without the eyes of faith, Jacob might have wrestled a mysterious stranger and come away not with a blessing or a new name, but a

15th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 15, 2019 Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 Wish by Matthew Cordell (Written for ages 3-5) Comment: Last week’s text focused on the relationship between two people; this week’s passage continues the theme of relationship but expands it to

13th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 8, 2019 Preaching Text: Genesis 2:4b-25 Best Friends: We are Better Together by Roger Priddy (Written for ages 1-3) Comment: The creation story that opens this year of the Narrative Lectionary ends with the creation of Eve,

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 1, 2019 Preaching Texts: Acts 2:1-18; Matthew 28:17-20 Here We Are: Notes for Living On Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In Matthew 28, Jesus tells the disciples to go to all nations and make more disciples, and

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time Year 1: August 25, 2019 Preaching Texts: John 1:1-18; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 The Hat by Jan Brett (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Rev. Karl Jacobson says of these passages, “Creation, incarnation, and revelation are all confessed by John chapter 1. The

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year 1: August 18, 2019 Preaching Text: Genesis 1:1-5 ; Matthew 6:30-34 The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: The Big Umbrella tells the story of an umbrella which is always big enough and spacious enough to cover

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year 1: August 11, 2019 Preaching Text: Hebrews 11:1-16 Waiting by Kevin Henkes (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In Hebrews, the passage recounts our ancestors in faith who looked ahead to God’s promises and city. They were waiting for something more

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year 1: August 4, 2019 Preaching Text: Hebrews 9:1-14 The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In The Very Last Castle, there stands one castle in the middle of a village, but nobody has gone in or come out for years. The

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year 1: July 28, 2019 Preaching Text: Hebrews 4:14-5:10 Kitten for a Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: Hebrews tells us that we have a high priest, Jesus, who can sympathize with our weakness, who was tested as we are, yet was