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.
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1:15 What and when were
“those days”? When did “those days”
begin and when did they end? Is there
anything significant about the number 120?
1:16 What is the scripture
(note the singular) to which Peter refers? I find this to be an interesting
collection: Friends, the Holy Spirit, David, Judas, those who arrested Jesus.
1:17 Do I detect regret
combined with disbelief?
1:21 Was this the church’s
first leadership crisis? Why does it have to be one of the men?
1:22 Is the author
referring to John’s baptism of Jesus, or John’s ministry of baptism, which
began before John baptized Jesus? Did
Jesus have disciples before he was baptized? What does it mean to be a “witness
to the resurrection”? Could not a woman
have fulfilled this role?
1:23 Who are “they”? Were
Joseph and Matthias the only two people who fulfilled the criteria enumerated
in 1:21-22?
1:24-25 How might God
answer this prayer?
1:26 How does one cast lots
and why do we not make decisions in the church this way today? What ever
happened to Matthias and Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus?
1:1 Are the wicked,
sinners, and scoffers poetic synonyms?
1:2 When was the last time
you took delight in any law? What did
the Psalmist mean by “:meditation”? How might Christians familiar with various
schools of meditation or contemplative prayer understand this passage?
1:3 Is there a Torah
riparian zone? Does this passage make
any more sense in light of last Sunday’s Gospel reading?
1:4 What is chaff and when
and why is it exposed to the wind?
1:5 What is the
congregation of the righteous?
1:6 Is there a difference
between watching over the way of the righteous and watching over the righteous?
How does this verse influence our belief that Jesus is the way and how does our
belief the Jesus is the way influence our interpretation of it?
5: 9 Who are “we”? How does
God give testimony if not through humans?
5:10 Can God really be made
a liar?
5:11 How is eternal life in
God’s Son testimony?
5:12 How does one “have”
the Son? How might Psalm 1:3 amplify this verse?
5:12-13 What does it mean
to believe in the name of the Son of God? What is the difference between life
and eternal life? How could those to whom John was writing believe in the name
of the Son of God and not know they had eternal life?
17:6 How do Christians
reconcile Jesus saying this with Jewish conception of the unpronounceable name
of God?
17:7 How do “they” know
this?
17:8 What words?
17:9 Does this suggest that
Jesus loved and cared more for his followers than the world?
17:10 How has Jesus been
glorified in those given to him by God?
17:11 At the time Jesus
prayed this prayer, what did he mean when he prayed “I am no longer in the
world”?
17:12 Why the past
tense? What scripture? This passage
reminds me of the parable of the good shepherd.
17:13 How will Jesus’ joy
be made complete in his followers?
17:14 What do they belong
to if not the world?
17:15 Who is the evil one?
17:16 Why is this idea
repeated so many times in this prayer?
17:17 Sanctify them in the
truth or in the word?
17:18 How hs Jesus sent his
followers into the world.
17:19 Theologically, how
does Jesus sanctify himself?
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