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Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Eighth Sunday After Pentecost, and the Scripture passages are 1 Samuel 9:1-3, 15-18, 10:1; Psalm 22:23-31; 1 Corinthians 4:8-13; and Luke 19:11-27.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Seventh Sunday After Pentecost, and the Scripture passages are Genesis 16:10-13; Psalm 68:4-11; Romans 16:1-16; and John 20:1-2, 11-18.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, and the Scripture passages are 1 Samuel 4:2, 5-11, 19-22; Psalm 77:1-12, 19-20; Romans 5:1-5; and John 14:25-31.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, and the Scripture passages are 1 Samuel 2:12-17, 22-25; Psalm 49:1-2, 5-9, 16-17; 1 Timothy 6:6-16; and Luke 16:10-13.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Third Sunday After Pentecost, and the Scripture passages are 1 Samuel 2:18-21, 26; Psalm 144:3-4, 12-15; 1 Peter 2:4-10; and Mark 7:10-13.

In addition to sharing the usual Scripture readings, we also want to pass along messages of happy Juneteenth and happy Father's Day!

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Second Sunday After Pentecost, and the Scripture passages are 1 Samuel 1:19-28; Psalm 69:10-20, 30-33; Acts 2:43-47; and Matthew 15:29-39.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Trinity Sunday, and the Scripture passages are Hosea 11:1-4; Psalm 130:5-8; Psalm 131; 2 Peter 1:16-18; and Matthew 28:16-20.

Happy birthday to the Church! Pentecost is a key day in the Christian story. Tune in to learn more about why, as well as how the Spirit shows up in both testaments. 

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Pentecost Sunday, and the Scripture passages are Acts 2:1-17; Isaiah 44:1-8; Psalm 104:1-4, 10-15, 27-30; Romans 8:14-17, 22-27; and John 14:8-17.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Seventh Sunday of Easter, but we're focusing on the Feast Day that happens in between the sixth and seventh weeks: the Ascension, the day that Jesus is taken up into heaven after spending 40 days with his disciples post-resurrection. The Scripture passages are Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 24; Revelation 3:20-22; and Luke 24:46-53.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Sixth Sunday of Easter, and the Scripture passages are Acts 17:1-4, 10-12; Deuteronomy 28:58-68; Psalm 145:8-19; Romans 6:5-11; and John 11:17-27.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fifth Sunday of Easter, and the Scripture passages are Acts 5:12-16; Deuteronomy 28:1-14; Psalm 147:12-20; 2 Corinthians 4:13-15; and John 5:25-29.

We are still in the season of Eastertide in the Christian calendar, long after the transition from the season of Lent to Resurrection Sunday. The concept of resurrection is key to this holiday and is often seen as central to the Christian faith, but what is it, anyway, and why is it still important almost two thousand years later? To explore these questions, Pastor Lana and a familiar voice on the podcast, Rev. Dr. JJ Flag, share ways that the definition has shifted for them in their faith journeys throughout their lifetimes. This is the second episode of a two-part series, and in this conversation, the themes of queerness, disability, and race come up as they wonder aloud: Do we as individuals lose our distinctness if the resurrection really is a thing?

You can watch the entire two-part interview on our YouTube channel by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba0WghhTtNs or you can watch it with automated captions by clicking here: https://fordham.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=92aef2dc-db46-47fa-966f-ae6e0029b6ab.

If you have any topic requests for future conversations, reach out to us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GlenwoodTable/), Instagram @fpcglencove, or thetable@fpcglencove.org. We'd love to hear from you!

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fourth Sunday of Easter, and the Scripture passages are Acts 2:22-24; Deuteronomy 18:15-22; Psalm 9:9-14; 2 Corinthians 4:7-12; and Luke 7:18-23.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Third Sunday of Easter, and the Scripture passages are Acts 1:6-8; Deuteronomy 5:11-22; Psalm 78:1-7; Romans 13:8-10; and Matthew 22:22-33.

Happy Eastertide! The Scriptures for this episode come from translations by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD in “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W”: Acts 1:3-5, 12-14, Deuteronomy 5:1-10; Psalm 41:1-4, 12-13; Romans 7:1-12; and John 20:19-31.

The resurrection is on many Christians' minds right now as Lent has turned into Eastertide and people are proclaiming "Jesus Christ is risen!". This belief is often seen as central to the Christian faith, but what is it, anyway, and why is it still important almost two thousand years later? To explore these questions, Pastor Lana and a familiar voice on the podcast, Rev. Dr. JJ Flag, share ways that the definition has shifted for them in their faith journeys throughout their lifetimes. This is the first episode of a two-part series, and in this episode, queerness, disability, and Blackness come up as they wonder aloud: Do we as individuals lose our distinctness if the resurrection really is a thing?

If you have any topic requests for future conversations, reach out to us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GlenwoodTable/), Instagram @fpcglencove, or thetable@fpcglencove.org. We'd love to hear from you!

(It may not yet be Easter when you listen to this but...) HAPPY EASTER! We hope that these Scriptures help you to soak in the miracle of the resurrection, and what Jesus' death and rising can mean for us almost two thousand years later. 

The Scriptures for this episode come from translations by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD in “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W”: Isaiah 49:1-13; Psalm 18:2-11, 16-19; Hebrews 11:1-2, 23-24, 28-39; Matthew 28:1-10; and John 20:1-18.

“Suffering and death were not supposed to happen to the Messiah. He was expected to triumph over evil and not be defeated by it. How could God’s revelation be found connected with the ‘the worst of deaths,’ the ‘vilest death,’ ‘a criminal’s death on the tree of shame’? Like the lynching tree in America, the cross in the time of Jesus was the most ‘barbaric form of execution of the utmost cruelty,’ the absolute opposite of human value systems. It turned reason upside down.” – Black Liberation Theologian James Cone in his seminal work “The Cross and the Lynching Tree”

In this Good Friday episode, we remember the day of Jesus' crucifixion, as well as consider what it means to us as people of faith more than two thousand years after that Earth-shaking and heaven-shaking day. Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

The Scripture passages for today are Judges 11:29-40; Psalm 22; Hebrews 12:1-4; and Luke 22:14-23:56.

Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of the holiest three days of Holy Week. The word "maundy" comes from the Latin "mandatum," from the "new commandment" that Jesus gave to his disciples after washing their feet: "Love one another as I have loved you."

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

These are the Scriptures for Maundy Thursday: Exodus 15:11-21; Psalm 136:1-16; Hebrews 11:23-28; and Matthew 26:17-56.

This special episode is split into "Liturgy of the Palms" and "Liturgy of the Word."

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Palm Sunday, and the Scripture passages are Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 118:19-29; Isaiah 49:5-16; Psalm 22:1-11; Galatians 3:23-4:7; and Mark 14:32-15:47.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fifth Sunday of Lent, and the Scripture passages are Isaiah 51:1-8; Psalm 148; Romans 11:13-24; and Luke 13:18-21.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fourth Sunday of Lent, and the Scripture passages are Song of Songs 4:7-16; Psalm 136:1-16; 1 John 4:7-12; and John 3:11-17.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Third Sunday of Lent, and the Scripture passages are Genesis 3:8-21; Psalm 96; Romans 8:31-39; and Mark 13:14-22.

The Bible is often seen as central to the Christian faith, and many other religions have their own central holy texts. Sometimes for us at Glenwood Table, it can feel challenging to love the Bible. We've had seasons of struggle with it even, perhaps especially, as ministers. In this spirit, we gathered a few of our trusted ministry colleagues and friends (you'll recognize them from past episodes!) to explore our understandings of what this important book is.

This is the first episode of a two-part series, and in this episode, we share stories about our personal upbringings with the Bible and where we find ourselves now. We invite you to consider these questions: What is your story with holy texts? If you were raised with religious traditions, what did the texts mean to you as a child? What do they mean to you as an adult? Do you still have any contact with them, and if so, how do you see the Divine there? Have they ever been used to hurt you? And how have they brought healing into your life? We pray that listening to this episode and considering your own answers is just as meaningful, refreshing, and encouraging a time for you as it was for us.

If you have any topic requests, reach out to us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GlenwoodTable/), Instagram @fpcglencove, or thetable@fpcglencove.org. We'd love to hear from you!

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Second Sunday of Lent, and the Scripture passages are Genesis 3:1-7; Psalm 92:1-5, 12-15; Ephesians 2:4-10; and Matthew 7:15-20. 

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is First Sunday of Lent, and the Scripture passages are Genesis 2:7-9, 15-25; Psalm 104:1-4, 10-15, 27-30; Colossians 3:1-11; and Mark 16:9-15.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This is the first day of Lent, known as "Ash Wednesday", and the Scripture passages are Joel 2:1, 12-17, 21-22; Psalm 90:1-10, 12; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; and selections from Matthew 6.

This series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week and identify what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Transfiguration Sunday, and the Scripture passages are Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99, 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, and Luke 9:28-43.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Seventh Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are 1 Kings 17:17-24; Psalm 116:1-9; Acts 9:36-42; and Luke 7:11-17.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Sixth Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are 1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146; James 1:22-27; and Luke 4:16-27.

Calling yourself a member of any large and diverse group has benefits and drawbacks. Sometimes for us at Glenwood Table, it feels challenging to call ourselves Christians because of our experiences of queer-phobia in churches, not to mention many blasphemous ways White American Evangelicalism has put limits on God’s love for all people. We gathered a few of our trusted ministry colleagues and friends (you'll recognize them from past episodes!) to ask this question of each other: Why do we still call ourselves Christians? What do we identify with in the contexts of our shared, yet unique, religious heritages that make us call ourselves people of faith? 

This is the first episode of two, and in this episode, we focus on our outward answers based on our experiences of beautiful and painful community. We pray that listening to this episode and considering your own answer, if you call yourself a person of any faith tradition, is just as meaningful, refreshing, and encouraging a time for you as it was for us.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fifth Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are Song of Songs 4:9-15; Psalm 45:6-10, 12-15; 1 Corinthians 9:1-10; and John 2:1-12.

This week is Fourth Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are Isaiah 16:1-5; Psalm 33:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; and Luke 3:21-23, 31-38.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Third Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are Zephaniah 3:14-20; Psalm 17:6-9, 13, 15; 1 Timothy 4:1-6, 9-10; and Mark 1:29-31.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Second Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are Isaiah 62:1-7, 10-12; Psalm 18:2-11, 16-19; 2 Corinthians 6:2-10; and Matthew 3:1-6, 11-17.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Baptism of the Lord Sunday/First Sunday After Epiphany, and the Scripture passages are Isaiah 52:1-10; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; and Luke 2:41-51. Emmie begins with a special introduction on the Baptism of the Lord Sunday and uses selections from Mark 1:1-11 in the New Revised Standard Version.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This is a special two-episode week of LIHV because there are two holidays in the Christian calendar - Epiphany, which is January 6th of each year for Western Churches, and Baptism of the Lord Sunday, which is the Sunday after Epiphany. This episode contains an introduction to what Epiphany is. The Scripture passages are Isaiah 60:1-6 & 11; Psalm 67; 2 Timothy 1:5-10; and Matthew 2:1-12.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Second Sunday After Christmas, and the Scripture passages are Micah 4:5-10 and 13a; Psalm 9:1-2, 7-11, and 13-14; Galatians 4:1-7; and John 1:1-5.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is First Sunday of Christmas, and the Scripture passages are Isaiah 26:16-19, Psalm 68:4-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and Luke 2:1-20.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Fourth Sunday of Advent, and the Scripture passages are 1 Samuel 1:19-28; The Canticle of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10); Titus 3:4-7; and Matthew 1:18-25.

In this episode, Rev. Emmie Arnold interviews Rev. Lana Hurst about her journey to embrace herself as a trans woman. Lana shares about the ways that she learned who she "ought to be" and how she had to learn to embrace who she is rather than the person that she is rather than the person she thought she had to be.   

For more resources on transgender identity and faith, check out https://www.qchristian.org/ and https://www.transmissionministry.com/. If you would like to watch a video of the entire interview, you can watch it on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/oLmVumqrTlE or with automated captions here: https://fordham.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=83e43cb7-3454-412b-b62f-adf101343268.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is the Third Sunday of Advent, and the Scripture passages are Judges 13:2-7, Psalm 115:9-15, 1 John 3:1-3, and Luke 1:46-56.

Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Second Sunday of Advent, and the Scripture passages are Genesis 17:15-22, Psalm 78:1-7, Romans 8:18-25, and Luke 1:39-45.

We are STOKED to try something new this year: we are moving away from the Revised Common Lectionary and moving toward a new book by an Old Testament scholar who is seeking to center women's experiences in Scripture. Using “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W” by Reverend Wil Gafney, PhD, this series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week. We hope that this time offers a new opportunity for you to notice what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is First Sunday of Advent, and the Scripture passages are Genesis 16:7-13, Psalm 71:4-11, Philippians 2:5-11, and Luke 1:26-38. 

This series invites you to listen to the Bible lectionary passages for the week and identify what themes you see the Divine illuminating throughout the arc of the Old and New Testaments. What do these ancient words bring up for you? What could they build within you?

This week is Reign of Christ Sunday, and the Scripture passages are 2 Samuel 23:1-7 and Psalm 132; Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93; Revelation 1:4b-8; and John 18:33-37.