TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JUNE 27, 2021 During this Pentecost Season, there are two “Tracks” of Scriptures offered, and congregations may choose which Track they follow. The first two readings presented are the readings from Tracks 1 and 2, respectively. The third and fourth readings are the same in both Tracks. 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JUNE 20, 2021 During this Pentecost Season, there are two “Tracks” of Scriptures that are offered, and congregations may choose which Track they will follow. The first two readings presented are the readings from Tracks 1 and 2, respectively. The third and fourth readings are the same in both Tracks. Today, […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JUNE 13, 2021 During this Pentecost Season, there are two “Tracks” of Scriptures that are offered, and congregations may choose which Track they will follow. The first two readings presented are the readings from Tracks 1 and 2, respectively. The third and fourth readings are the same in both Tracks. 1 […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JUNE 6, 2021 During this Pentecost Season, there are two “Tracks” of Scriptures that are offered, and congregations may choose which Track they will follow. The first two readings presented are the readings from Tracks 1 and 2, respectively. The third and fourth readings are the same in both Tracks. 1 […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MAY 30, 2021 Isaiah 6:1-8 Reading 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MAY 23, 2021 For this Pentecost, the Revised Common Lectionary prescribed the Reading from Acts and either the Reading from Ezekiel or Romans. The order of the Readings my vary from congregation to congregation. Acts 2:1-21 Reading 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MAY 16, 2021 Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Reading 15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said, 16 “Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MAY 9, 2021 Acts 10:44-48 Reading 44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, 46 for they […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MAY 2, 2021 Acts 8:26-40 Reading 26 An angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) 27 So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT APRIL 25, 2021 Acts 4:5-12 Reading 5 The rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, “By what power or by […]