Day: February 29, 2012

The Sunday Lectionary: Ritual Word, Paschal Shape by Normand Bonneau I grew up in Lutheran congregations, and most every Sunday I would listen and read along as the pastor or a lector read one or more selected verses from the Bible. I learned that oftentimes these readings were pre-selected, and not by the pastor or lector. Rather, they were part of a larger cycle of Scripture readings selected especially for use in Sunday morning worship. This collection of pre-selected readings is known as the lectionary. I felt like I was pretty smart, knowing that much about the readings that...