On Friday, we shared the approaches that a few of our Lectionary Links writers have used as they have shared their connections between Scripture and books for our Links posts. We began with Scripture and gathering themes or ideas that speak to you and those with whom you’ll share...

For more than 10 years, we’ve had wonderful writers who have shared their love of books and the Bible through the writing of our Narrative and Revised Common Lectionary Links.  To help you as we transition to a searchable archive with no new content, several of them agreed...

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...

Day of Pentecost Year A:  May 31, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:1-21 Drawn Together by Minh Lê (Written for ages 4 -7 years) Comment: Pentecost was one of the three festivals each year that Jews celebrated, in Jerusalem if possible.  So five weeks after the resurrection, there were...

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 A:  May 24, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 1:6-14 Night Job by Karen Hesse (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: A little boy joins his father on Friday nights where his father works as a janitor at a local school.  The boy helps his father do some of the chores...

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 A:  May 17, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 17:22-31 When God Made the World by Matthew Paul Turner (Written for ages 3-7) Comment:  Once again Paul is preaching, this time in Athens, a city in Greece.  It was a beautiful city with many statues, most of them...