Lectionary
Ruminations 2.0 is a revised continuation of Lectionary Ruminations. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised
Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, Lectionary
Ruminations 2.0 draws on nearly thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often
more important than any answers we find, without overreliance on commentaries I
intend with comments and questions to encourage reflection and rumination for
readers preparing to teach, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are
invited and encouraged. All lectionary
links are to the via the PC(USA)
Devotions and Readings website.
FOR AN UPDATED AND REVISED VERSION, GO
TO THIS LINK
PREFACE:
This is the last Sunday in
Liturgical Year A. Next Sunday, November 30, the 1st Sunday in
Advent, begins Liturgical Year B.
34:11 How did God lose
these sheep in the first place? Why might God be doing the searching rather
than entrusting the searching to a representative?
34:12 Why do sheep scatter
and why do shepherds allow them to scatter?
34:13 How can one not read
this and be a Zionist?
34:14-15 Why am I thinking
of Psalm 23?
34:16 What is the
difference between the lost and the strayed? Does it seem that God will search
out and rescue the 99% while punishing the 1%?
34:20 I think it is time
for me to eat less, exercise more, and drop a few pounds.
34:21 To whom is this
addressed?
34:22 Note that God will
judge between sheep and sheep, not sheep and goats.
34:23-24 David, King of the
99%!
100:1 Is “all the earth” a
poetic reference to all people or and invitation to rocks and trees as well?
100:2 If we are to worship
God with gladness, why do so many worship services feel like a funeral and so
many worshipers act like they are mourners?
100:3 How many people in
the pew understand the nuance of “LORD” and “God”? Does this verse justify this
Psalm being paired with the Ezekiel Reading?
What and where is the LORD’s pasture?
100:4 To what does gates
refer, the gates og the temple, the gates of the city, or something else? To
what does courts refer?
100:5 Is it redundant to
say his steadfast love endures forever? What does it mean for the LORD to be
faithful?
1:15 How might Paul have
heard of the Ephesians faith and love? Who are the saints?
1:16 I would love to hear
Paul praying.
1:17 What is “a spirit of
wisdom and revelation”?
1:18-19 I love the phrases “the
riches of his glorious inheritance” and “the immeasurable greatness of his
power”.
1:20Is this a reference to
the Resurrection as well as the Ascension?
1:21 Yes, this Sunday is
Christ the King.
1:22 What does “for the
church” mean?
1:23 What does “fills all
in all” mean?
25:31 Who is speaking? How
much do we need to know about the theologically loaded title “Son of Man” to
responsibly interpret this passage? Does
the mention of a throne justify this being the Gospel Reading for Christ the
King?
25:32-33 The Gospel’s
“sheep and goats” juxtaposed with the “sheep and sheep” of the Ezekiel Reading
seems to offer us a mixed or confused, metaphor.
25:33 Is this an example of
right-handed prejudice?
25:34 Is the king the same
as the Son of Man?
25:37 What does it mean to
be righteous?
25:41 The devil has angels?
25:35-45 How do members of
the Tea Party and the 1% read these verses?
25:46 Must there be eternal
punishment?
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