Links for February 10, 2008: Lent 1
Links to Resources for Ash Wednesday
http://www.textweek.com/festivals/ash.htm
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This direct link to the weekly resources page for Lent 1, Year A (February
10, 2008):
http://www.textweek.com/yeara/lenta1.htm
will point you toward a number of resources for general study of the
lectionary texts, and worship and liturgy resources. Many of these general
resources are available close to the date of the lectionary week, and are
posted at The Text This Week after they are up at others'
sites.
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I've compiled pages of links to artwork depicting the following
themes:
Temptation
http://www.textweek.com/art/temptation.htm
Adam/Eve/Garden of Eden
http://www.textweek.com/art/garden_of_eden.htm
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Commentary, Exegesis & Sermon Preparation
Comments (commentary)
http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/alnt1m.shtml
and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study),
http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/alnt1l.shtml
Lent 1, Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
Commentary and Spiritual Perspectives, Lent 1, 2008. Commentary, historical
background, poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis University.
http://liturgy.slu.edu/1LentA021008/main.html
Preaching This Week at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther Seminary. Commentaries
on lectionary readings by Frank M. Yamada, Sarah Henrich, and Audrey West.
http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=2/10/2008
Preaching Helps (Lent 1, 2008). United Methodist Church General Board of
Discipleship.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=45945&loc_id=733,
32,48
Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary, Lent 1, by Paul Nuechterlein &
Friends.
http://girardianlectionary.net/year_a/lent1a.htm
SAMUEL, Lent 1, 2008, at ucc.org: lectionary citations, sermon seeds,
weekly theme, lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back page.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/february-10-2008-first.html
Preaching Peace commentary, Lent 1, Jeff Krantz & Michael Hardin.
http://www.preachingpeace.org/yeara/lent1.htm
Readings, Analysis of Text and Preaching Paths, Lent 1, Christian Resource
Institute. (Church of the Nazarene.)
http://www.cresourcei.org/lectionary/YearA/Alent1nt.html
Process and Faith Lectionary Commentary, Lent 1, 2008, Rick Marshall,
"...bringing process-relational thought to people of faith."
http://www.processandfaith.org/lectionary/YearA/2007-2008/2008-02-10.shtml
Rumors, February 10, 2008, Ralph Milton, "Sermon helps for preachers with a
sense of humor."
http://ralphmiltonsrumors.blogspot.com/2008/01/preaching-materials-for-febru
Gathering, Lent 1, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/lep/
Liberal Lectionary Analysis, Lent 1, Rev. John Shearman, Oakville, ON,
Canada.
http://www.seemslikegod.org/Lectionary/YearA_Lent1.htm
Lectionary Analysis, Lent 1, Rev. John Shearman, Oakville, ON, Canada. At
Richard Fairchild's Sermon & Sermon - Lectionary Resources.
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-le01-js.php
The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological
Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas.
http://cep.calvinseminary.edu/thisWeek/index.php
Text Studies, Lent 1, Dan Nelson. (Lutheran)
http://sio.midco.net/danelson9/yeara/lent1a.htm
Social Justice Lectionary, Lent 1A, list of links by Rev. Dr. Bruce Sweet,
United Church of Canada.
http://www.socialjusticelectionary.com/yearainfo.htm#1STLENT
Lists of recommended articles are available with ATLAS subscription
http://www.atla.com/trial/textweek.html for these texts:
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
http://www.textweek.com/pentateuch/gen2_3.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Psalm 32
http://www.textweek.com/writings/psalm32.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Romans 5:12-19
http://www.textweek.com/pauline/rom5b.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Matthew 4:1-11
http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/matt4a.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Lectionary Reflections, Discussions & Weblogs:
Blogging toward Sunday, Edwin Searcy, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian
Century, 2008.
The Good Word, A Blog on Scripture and Preaching, America, The National
Catholic Weekly.
http://www.americamagazine.org/blogs/client/
Tuesday Lectionary Leanings, RevGalBlogPals lectionary discussion, 2008.
http://revgalblogpals.blogspot.com/
"Tempted to Power," Laurel A. Dykstra, "A Season of Repentance," Living the
Word, Sojourners Online, 2008.
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0802&article=
From Transfiguration to Lent, Reflections on the Lectionary for February,
2008, Rev. Dr. Keith A. Russell, The Living Pulpit.
http://www.pulpit.org/articles/February08Lectionary.asp
"No Need for Closeting," Helene Tallon Russell, Michael Miller, Charles W.
Allen, Hollly Hearon, Out In Scripture: An Honest Encounter Between Our
Lives and the Bible, Human Rights Campaign, 2008. (LGBT perspective)
http://www.hrc.org/scripture/season.asp#02-10-08
Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Lent 1. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks
at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church,
2005.
http://www.sarahlaughed.net/lectionary/2005/02/first_sunday_in.html
"Holy Deal," Larry Patten. And Yet: "Faithful & Foolish Reflections Served
Weekly," 2008.
http://www.larrypatten.com/index.html
Daily Reflection, Lent 1, Larry Gillick, S.J., Creighton University, 2008.
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/021008.html
Homiletical Hot Tub, preaching blog at Lectionary Homiletics, 2008.
http://www.goodpreacher.com/blog/
The Preacher's Exchange - First Impressions, Volume 2, and Homilias
Domincales / Homilias Breves. Jude Siciliano, O.P., 2008
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion. "A place of conversation regarding
Progressive Christianity, 2008.
http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/
Education for Justice Lectionary Reflections, 2008, Fr. John Bucki, SJ,
"Promoting Global Justice and Peace Since 1971".
http://educationforjustice.org/bin/view.fpl/1413.html
COSLC Grace Notes, Pastor Dan Bollerud, Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church,
Anchorage, AK. Meditations & poetry, 2008
http://www.coslcgrace.blogspot.com/
Reflections of the Spirit, Gary Sims, First United Methodist Church,
Albuquerque, NM. Daily studies & devotions on the lectionary texts, 2008.
http://www.fumconline.org/devotionals.php
Common Reading, Anthony B. Robinson, 2008.
http://www.anthonybrobinson.com/reading.htm
"Resisting the Temptation," Tracey Lind, "Proclaiming Gospel Justice," The
Witness, 2005.
http://www.thewitness.org/article.php?id=670
"What Is Expected of the Baptized?" Angela Ifill, "Proclaiming Gospel
Justice," The Witness, 2005.
http://www.thewitness.org/article.php?id=650
The Saturday Night Theologian, Exegesis of Word and World, Tod O.L. Mundo,
Progressive Theology Weblog, 2005.
http://www.progressivetheology.org/
"Memento Morum: A Dialogue with Death," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to
Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2005.
http://www.journeywithjesus.net/Essays/20050207JJ.shtml
"Bedrock Truths," Patricia Farris, The Christian Century, 2002.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_3_119/ai_83143840
"Remaining Human," Barbara Brown Taylor, The Christian Century, 1996.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_n5_v113/ai_18023704
Living the Word, by Jim and Shelley Douglass. Lectionary-based scripture
commentary at Sojourners Online, 1996.
http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/action/sojourners/issue/soj9601/artic
"The Journey Begins," Richard Lischer. Commentary from The Christian
Century, February, 1999. At Religion Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=605
"Remembering Who We Are," by Kari Jo Verhulst. Living the Word
lectionary-based scripture commentary from Sojourners Online, 2002.
http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/action/sojourners/issue/soj0201/artic
Desperate Preacher's Site: sermons, discussions, liturgical material and
other resources.
http://www.desperatepreacher.com/bodyii.htm
Sunday by Sunday, Reflections on Stewardship based on the RCL Gospels, Year
A. Prepared by the Reverend Michael Pollesel, Stewardship Education
Coordinator, Diocese of Ontario.
http://www.ontario.anglican.ca/docs/SundayBySundayA.pdf
Sermons
Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a
team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors, 2008.
http://www.predigten.uni-goettingen.de/aktuell.php
Stewardship Sermon Starter, Stewardship at the Heart of the Lectionary.
ELCA.
http://www.elca.org/stewardship/sermon.asp
"Learning Compassion," Deborah Sokolove, Seeker's Church, 2005.
http://www.seekerschurch.org/sermons/20050213.htm
"The Shady Side of Wisdom," Barry Robinson, Keeping the Faith in Babylon: A
pastoral Resoruce for Christians in Exile. At Richard Fairchild's Sermon and
Lectionary Resources.
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-le01-keeping.php
"The Testing Grounds of Faith," - Lent 1 - 13 February 2005, Hubert Beck,
Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a
team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
http://www.predigten.uni-goettingen.de/archiv-7/050213-5-e.html
"Training Days," the Rev. Dr. George Mason, Day 1, 2005.
http://www.day1.net/index.php5?view=transcripts&tid=482
Selected sermon, Lent 1, by the Rev. Dr. Susanna E. Metz, in Worship that
Works, ECUSA, 2005.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/6087_57421_ENG_HTM.htm
"Merciful and Gracious," Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National
Catholic Weekly, 2005.
http://www.americamagazine.org/SundayScripture.cfm?articletypeid=40&textID=4
"Jesus in the Dock," John R Donahue, SJ, America: The National Catholic
Weekly, 2002.
http://www.americamagazine.org/SundayScripture.cfm?articletypeid=40&textID=1
"Victory Over Temptation," the Rev. Michael J. Fish, Day 1, 1999.
http://www.day1.net/index.php5?view=transcripts&tid=294
Group Studies & Discussion/Reflection Questions:
Lectionary Notes, Lent 1A, Rev. Beth Quick and the Lectionary Chat Group
Bible Study of St. Paul's UMC, Oneida, NY.
http://www.bethquick.com/lent1anotes.htm
Banquet of the Word, Lent 1, Bible Study Based on the Sunday Readings, by
Rev. Thomas Welbers.
http://www.olaclaremont.org/education/adult/bow/bowla01.htm
Lesson Plans for Small Congregations, Adults, Lent, Year A, The Episcopal
Church, 2008.
http://ecusa.anglican.org/50534_50646_ENG_HTM.htm
"Eden: A Moral Landscape," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other
resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The
Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/CreationStudyGuide1.pdf
"Naked and Not Ashamed," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other
resources at) "Pornographic Culture," Christian Reflection, The Center for
Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2002.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/PornographicCulturestudyguide1.pdf
Proclaiming Faith, Lent 1, 2008 - exploring the Sunday and Holy Day
readings - reflections and young people's activities. Sadlier Publishing.
http://www.cyberfaith.com/proclaiming_faith.cfm?reading_id=177&language=eng&
Bible Study - Lent 1 - verse by verse Roman Catholic lectionary commentary
at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Picayune, MS.
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/a_lent_1.pdf
Light on the Lessons, Lutheran Bible Ministries. .doc file leaders guide and
participant guide for group study of the weekly lectionary readings.
http://www.bibleministries.org/
Complete Liturgies & General Worship Planning Resources:
Worship Planning Helps (Lent 1, 2008): Worship & Preaching Notes, Hymn
Suggestions and Worship Resources from the United Methodist Church General
Board of Discipleship.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=45932&loc_id=733,
32,48
Gathering, Lent 1, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/lep/
LCA Worship Resources, Lent 1A, includes liturgy, hymn suggestions, notes on
the readings, visuals, drama, "Talking with Children," etc. Lutheran Church
of Australia.
Worship Resources, Lent 1, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship Connection.
http://www.worshipconnection.cokesbury.com/content.aspx?dyn=1506
Mustard Seeds, "Temptations Are Not Sins / Created to Walk with God," Lent
1, 2008. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary
worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
http://seedstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/lent-1-february-10-temptations-are-not
"Mystery and Mercy in Temptation," Lent 1, Metropolitan Community Churches,
2008.
"Lead Us Not Into Temptation!" Lent 1, 2005. A New Presentation for
Sunday's Liturgy, Claretian Communications, Philippines. Includes Flash
presentation.
http://www.lca.org.au/resources/cow/batch%201/e-YearALenttoTrinity/02-A,%20L
Worship and Liturgy Resources, Lent 1, by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church
in Australia.
http://www.beswick.info/rclresources/L1A96OS.htm
Liturgies Online, by Rev Moira Laidlaw, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/liturgies/main/index.php?ch_table=link4&PI
Sermons and Liturgies for Year A, Richard J. Fairchild, United Church of
Canada.
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/year-a-sermons.php
Prayers, Prefaces, Litanies, etc:
Laughing Bird Liturgical Resources, by Nathan Nettleton, South Yarra
Community Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia. Prayers, blessings,
Eucharistic prefaces and scripture paraphrases.
http://www.laughingbird.net/ComingWeeks.html
Resources: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Prayers, Collects and
Litanies by Bruce Prewer, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~nigel/DocA/20LENT1.htm
The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in
Australia: Hymn suggestions and paraphrases of lectionary Psalms.
Lector's Notes, Lent 1, Gregory Warnusz, Saint Jerome Parish, Bellefontaine
Neighbors, MO. Notes and commentary for those reading this week's lectionary
texts to the congregation.
http://www.lectorprep.org/lent_01_yrA.html
Prayers of the People, Lent 1, General intercessions for Sundays and Feasts,
by Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of the [Anglican/Episcopal] Diocese of
Louisiana.
http://members.cox.net/oplater/IntercessionA-Lent1.pdf
Calls to Worship, Barbara Jamieson, Flint Hill UMC, Virginia.
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/flinthillumc-va/CallsToWorship.html
Creative Closing, Lent 1, George Hartwell, at Richard J. Fairchild's Sermon
& Lectionary Resources.
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-le01creativeclosings-sesm.php
Prayer of Confession for Racial Justice Sunday, 2008, Worship Ways, United
Church of Christ.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/pdfs/prayer-of-confession.pdf
"God Calls, and We Respond," Weekly Invitations to the Offering, 2008.
Worship Ways, United Church of Christ.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/pdfs/prayer-of-confession.pdf
A Prayer for the First Sunday in Lent, Stephen Brown, A Place for Prayer.
http://revsbrown.tripod.com/aplaceforprayer/id19.html
"Liturgy: prayer reflection", reflections on the collect at the Eucharist,
Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/reflection/574b.html
Offertory Prayers for February, 2008, David S. Bell, United Methodist
Church GBOD.
http://www.gbod.org/stewardship/article.asp?id=45921&source=church
Prayers and Musical Ideas, Lent 1, 2008. Commentary, historical background,
poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis University.
http://liturgy.slu.edu/1LentA021008/main.html
"Refusing to Jump": Worship Resource for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A,
2008, Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church GBOD.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=45944
Starters for Sunday, 10 February 2008. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn
Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of
Scotland.
http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/worship/wpstarters.htm
World in Prayer, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi,
California. Prayers. Prayers and litanies based on each week's world news.
Graphics and Multimedia:
Clip Art Images: Matthew 4:1-11,
http://www.mscperu.org/images/graficoslit/cuaresma_pascua/01_cua_a.htm
Temptation of Jesus,
http://www.mscperu.org/images/graficoslit/cuaresma_pascua/01_cua1_c.htm
Temptation of Jesus #2,
http://www.mscperu.org/images/graficoslit/cuaresma_pascua/01_cuar_c.htm
Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
Matthew 4:1-11, Lectionary Clipart, Hermanoleon Clipart.
http://www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon/sem/a/cua/01/index.htm
Lent 1 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Follows Latin
American Roman Catholic gospel reading, though most gospels texts/themes are
found in the index. Liberation emphasis.
http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo/dibujosA/14CuaresmaA1.jpg
Bulletin Covers, www.scholia.net. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Emmett,
Idaho. Scroll down for Year A index.
http://www.scholia.net/bulletins.htm
CHURCH PowerPoint, Lent 1, Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint slides for
Worship Services.
http://churchpowerpoint.com/Home.html
Mustard Seeds, "Temptations Are Not Sins / Created to Walk with God," Lent
1, 2008. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary
worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
http://seedstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/lent-1-february-10-temptations-are-not
SundayGraphx, Don Silva. Bulletin Covers / Cubierta de Boletín and
PowerPoint backgrounds, English and Spanish.
http://sundaygraphx.blogspot.com/
Scripture Pics, Weekly RCL-related image.
Free Downloadable Bulletin Covers & Clip Art, (primarily UMC and PCUSA),
Kerr Resources.
Agnus Day, Lectionary cartoon by James Wetzstein.
La domenica con Gesù, weekly image tied to gospel lesson.
http://www.santegidio.org/it/amici/voce/domenica.htm
Bulletin Inserts:
SAMUEL, Lent 1, 2008, at ucc.org: lectionary citations, sermon seeds, weekly
theme, lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back page.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/february-10-2008-first.html
Prayer of Confession for Racial Justice Sunday, 2008, Worship Ways, United
Church of Christ.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/pdfs/prayer-of-confession.pdf
Scripture Introduction for Bulletin Insert, Lent 1, Rev. John Shearman,
Oakville, ON, Canada.
http://www.seemslikegod.org/Lectionary/YearA_Lent1.htm
"Stepping Back from the World's Distractions," reflection by Charles S.
Houser, eBulletins reflections, prayer reminders, activity corner, American
Bible Society Bible Resource Center.
http://www.bibles.com/content/pdf/EBulletin_02_06_08__6_1_56.pdf
Lectionary Introductions (background & context), Rev. Bosco Peters, New
Zealand.
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/lectionary/alnt1.html
Hymns and Music: (see also "Hymns & Music" linked at individual
scripture pages, below)
Original Hymns, Settings and Songs:
"The Sun Beat Down Upon His Head," TEXT: Mark Ryman (2005) based on Matthew
4:1-11. TUNE: "Truro." New Hymns for the Lectionary.
http://www.edoxy.com/hymns/Lent1A_Gospel.html
"Jesus Out in the Wilderness," sheet music and bulletin version of original
song for Lent 1 by Leigh Newton.
http://www.leighnewton.com/download.html
"Our Lord, You Were Sent," Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a new hymn about
Jesus' temptations written to the tune of FOUNDATION 11.11.11.11 ("How Firm
a Foundation").
http://www.firstpresby.org/FirstSundayLentHymn.htm
Hymns of the Spirit Three, Lent 1A, Richard E. Hurst, Universalist National
Memorial Church.
http://www.hos3.com/hos3/archives/lent_1a/
Hymn/Song/Choral Piece Lists:
Lectionary Hymns, Lent 1, 2008, United Methodist Church GBOD.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/lectionaryhymns/021008hymns.asp
Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary (with lyrics and sound files)
from the Oremus Hymnal. (Click "Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday
Lectionary.")
Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
http://www.hymnsite.com/lection/index.shtml
Hymn Suggestion First-Line Generator for Voices United (United Church of
Canada). Type in numbers of hymns and get a list of first lines. Peter
Chynoweth, Yellowhead Presbytery. (scroll down)
http://yellowheadpresbytery.org/news_info.htm
Worship Resource Manual, The Moravian Church, Southern Province. Worksheets
for planning music in worship: hymns, anthems, solos, organ repertoire
suggestions for RCL texts.
http://www.mcsp.org/resources/wrm/res_wrm_preface.htm
The Billabong, by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia: Hymn
suggestions and paraphrases of lectionary Psalms.
Together to Celebrate, February 10, 2008, David MacGregor, Uniting Church in
Australia. Contemporary Christian Music resources.
http://www.togethertocelebrate.com.au/10februaryLENT1_2008.htm
Gathering, Lent 1, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/lep/
Prayers and Musical Ideas, Lent 1, 2008. Commentary, historical background,
poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis University.
http://liturgy.slu.edu/1LentA021008/main.html
Starters for Sunday, 10 February 2008. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn
Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of
Scotland.
http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/worship/wpstarters.htm
Children's Bulletins
Lectionary Puzzles, Lent 1. Word search puzzles in RTF or plain text, by Reg
McMillan, St.Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, Ontario.
http://www.efree.mb.ca/lectionarypuzzles/in-awmp.htm#top
Gospel Puzzles for the Lectionary, Lent 1A, Mark Ryman, edoxy.com.
http://www.edoxy.com/puzzles/Lent1A_Gospel.pdf
Children's Activity Sheets: Activities for Children, based on the Revised
Common Lectionary, by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Great Hill UMC, Seymour,
Connecticut. At Bass Mitchell's homiliesbyemail.com.
http://www.homiliesbyemail.com/leaf/cas/current.html
Coloring Pages/Puzzles. Charles Kirkpatrick, Object Lessons & Children's
Sermons, Coloring Pages, Puzzles. Sermons4Kids.com. (Scroll to bottom of
page.)
CatholicMom.com: Coloring Page, Mass Worksheet, Crossword Puzzle, and Word
Search based on weekly gospel text.
http://www.catholicmom.com/coloring_pages.htm
With Children (see also listings "With Children" at individual
scripture pages, linked below):
"Sermon of the Week,"
"Mensajes para ninos,"
http://www.sermons4kids.com/mensajes_para_ninos.htm
Sermons 4 Kids, Charles Kirkpatrick, Object Lessons & Children's Sermons,
Coloring Pages, Puzzles. Sermons4Kids.com.
Gathering, Lent 1, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/lep/
"Who Says?" Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. Includes Spanish version,
puzzles and coloring page.
Lesson Plans for Small Congregations, Younger Children & Older Children,
Lent, Year A, The Episcopal Church, 2008.
http://ecusa.anglican.org/50534_50646_ENG_HTM.htm
Proclaiming Faith, Lent 1, 2008 - exploring the Sunday and Holy Day
readings - reflections and young people's activities. Sadlier Publishing.
http://www.cyberfaith.com/proclaiming_faith.cfm?reading_id=177&language=eng&
"Passing the Test," Lois Parker Edstrom, Lectionary.org.
http://www.lectionary.org/SermonsChild/NT01Matt/Matt%2004.01-11.htm
"Simon Says," Children's Time, in Sermons and Liturgies. Richard J.
Fairchild. (Scroll down in liturgies to find Children's Time.)
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-le01su.php
Story for Children's Worship and Family Activity, Lent 1, at
word-sunday.com: A Catholic Resource for the Lectionary by Larry Broding.
http://www.word-sunday.com/index.html
Ideas and Talks for Lent, Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale,
Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
http://talks2children.itsforministry.org/t2c/seasonal.asp?SeasonID=5L
Children's Sermons Following the Lectionary, Roland McGregor.
http://www.webspawner.com/users/ChildPage/
Drama:
Readers Theater, Lent 1, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship Connection.
http://www.worshipconnection.cokesbury.com/content.aspx?dyn=1506
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Matthew 4:1-11
http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/matt4a.htm
"The Temptation of Jesus," Kenneth E. Bailey, The Presbyterian Outlook,
2008.
http://www.pres-outlook.org/tabid/2095/Article/6714/Default.aspx
"Others see the three temptations as universal expressions of the desire to
have (stones to bread), to do (throw yourself down from the tower), and to
be (become the ruler of all.) These reflect are perhaps part of what our
Lord faced in the wilderness."
"The Temptation," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background
and exegesis.
http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_the_tempation_GA.htm
"Each person has points of vulnerability to the power of evil."
"First Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Lent 1,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/MtLent1.htm
"Ultimately the focus is what it is in Matthew: doing the will of God alone
and saying no to other gods. But doing the will of God needs unpacking: what
is God’s will? What is God about? What then am I about?"
Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Lent 1, 2005. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer
looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal
Church.
http://www.sarahlaughed.net/lectionary/2005/02/first_sunday_in.html
"Jesus will not accept just any word from scripture as God's word to him at
that moment. For Jesus, it's not just about God's truth; it's also about
God's time, God's call, and most of all about God's love."
"First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11," New Sight, New Life: Lenten
Gospels, Gracia Grindal, Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1996.
http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/16-1_Edges_of_Life/16-1_Grindal
Exegetical Notes by Brian P. Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/matt4x1.htm
"...'diakoneo' (from where we get "deacon") is a word that original
referred to 'waiting on tables,' i.e., to serve food. Boring ("Matthew,"
NIB) notes the irony in this concluding verse: 'By placing the kingdom of
God first, even though it meant rejecting food and the help of angels, Jesus
finally receives both, thus becoming an anticipatory example of his own
teaching (6:33). [p. 164]'"
Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/matthew0/MIM4111LENT1.html
"Jesus Tempted," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and
Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual
notes.
http://www.lectionarystudies.com/studyg/lent1ag.html
"The theology of the temptation story finds its source in the Exodus, in the
wilderness testing of Israel. Jesus faces a similar test, but unlike Israel,
does not fail. We too face the test, and in Christ we overcome."
"Clarification," Frederick J. Streets, The Christian Century, 1993.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_n4_v110/ai_13509819
"'There is nothing more exhausting for the person,' says Howard Thurman in
The Inward journey, 'than the constant awareness that his life is being
lived at cross-purposes. At such moments the individual seems to himself
ever to be working against himself. What he longs for is the energy that
comes from a concentration of his forces in a single direction, toward a
single end.'"
"Testing that Never Ceases," commentary by Fred B. Craddock from The
Christian Century, 1990. At Religion Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=708
"He did not use the power of the spirit to claim exemption or to avoid the
painful difficulties of the path of service. He did not use God to claim
something for himself. And it was this serving, suffering, dying Jesus whom
God vindicated by raising him from the dead. A church too fond of power,
place and claims would do well to walk in his steps."
Lectionary Commentary and Preaching Paths (Lent A1), by Jirair Tashjian, at
The Christian Resource Institute.
http://www.cresourcei.org/lectionary/YearA/Alent1nt.html
"Will I walk with God whether or not I get that job, whether or not that
cancer is healed, whether or not my loved one pulls through a
life-threatening situation? Or, am I going to put God to a test and say, If
you do this for me, then you're my God, but if not, I will have nothing to
do with you. The Spirit-filled life which Jesus lived was a life that was
unconditionally surrendered to God regardless of the outcome."
"The Temptation," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for
This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity,
Support Materials.
http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/A/1-Lent-a/A-1Lent-a.html
"What little delights in life tempt you? Are they hard to resist? Why?"
"Let Go and Be Rich," Lent 1A, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
http://www.bible.claret.org/liturgy/daily/sundays_pierse/cycleA/1stSunLent.h
"There is a great danger in prayer forms that give us power over others: the
power to draw crowds, or to elicit tears, or confessions, or to speak in
tongues or to heal."
"The Journey Begins," Richard Lischer. Commentary from The Christian
Century, February, 1999. At Religion Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=605
"Israel passed through the waters and wandered for 40 years in the
wilderness, which turned out to be a place of apostasy. It was in the
wilderness that Israel learned to ask, "Is the Lord among us or not?""
"If You Are the Son of God," Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on
scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and
activities.
http://onefamilyoutreach.com/bible/Matthew/mt_04_01-11.html
"When a person knows that they have God’s unconditional blessing centered
deeply in their heart, the temptations of this world pale in comparison.
Satan offers Jesus 'things,' we can only presume that some of the 'things'
include people; you, I and our children. It gives us insight into the
darkness of Satan’s heart, where things are more important than beings.
Where beings are used to get things. Where beings are a means to an end."
"Dealing With Temptation," by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies
Foundation.
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=908
"Notice that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to fast for forty
days and forty nights (probably recalling by way of parallelism Israel’s 40
years in the wilderness, where she grumbled at God because of the lack of
food; see Deut 8:2) and that it was when Jesus was at his weakest that the
Devil came to him to tempt him. It is a safe thing to assume that the Devil
will attack us when we’re at our weakest and in the area that we’re most
vulnerable. In this case, it was a temptation regarding hunger and food."
"Temptation of Christ," wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Jesus
"The Problem of a Personal Devil and Demons," Presbyterian Church USA.
http://www.firstpresby.org/devil/
"The essential qualification for participation in the Christian community
is not what one believes about the devil and demons, but what one believes
about God and His sovereignty over the powers of evil, however they are
conceived."
"Transformed on the Mountain: Ritual Analysis and the Gospel of Matthew,"
by K.C. Hanson, St Olaf College. From Semeia 67 (1994).
http://www.kchanson.com/ARTICLES/mountain.html
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Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
http://www.textweek.com/pentateuch/gen2_3.htm
Commentary, (Lent 1), Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
http://oldtestamentlectionary.unitingchurch.org.au/2008/February/Lent1Gen2_0
"What this story does tell us about God and humanity is, that God provides
the creation for humans to live in along with the animals."
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 (Lent 1), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series
A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/lenteast.htm
The Old Testament Readings (Lent 1A): Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson,
Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne,
Australia.
http://hwallace.unitingchurch.org.au/WebOTcomments/LentA/Lent1.html
"The reading set for today (Gen 2:15-17; 3:1-7) is only a portion of the
larger story of Eden (Gen 2:4-3:24) and can only be understood in that
larger context."
Environmental/earth-centered reflections, from the Episcopal Diocese of
Minnesota Environmental Stewardship Commission.
http://www.env-steward.com/lectionary/lecta/a-ln1-ot.htm
"Eden: A Moral Landscape," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other
resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The
Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/CreationStudyGuide1.pdf
"Naked and Not Ashamed," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other
resources at) "Pornographic Culture," Christian Reflection, The Center for
Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2002.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/PornographicCulturestudyguide1.pdf
"Is Genesis 3 a Fall Story?" Terence E. Fretheim, Word & World, 1994. "The
word 'fall' is not found in Genesis 3..."
http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/14-2_Genesis/14-2_Fretheim.pdf
"Creation and Fall," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and
Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual
notes.
http://www.lectionarystudies.com/studyot/lent1aot.html
"The 'Fall' - A Second Look: A Literary Analysis of Genesis 2:4 - 3:24,"
Dennis R. Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
http://www.cresourcei.org/gen3.html
"Sin understood as relational in nature and the result of infantile
selfishness carried to its conclusion leaves the possibility open that
relationships can be restored and that spiritual wholeness and maturity are
actually attainable."
"The Fall," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This
Sunday's Gospel.
http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/A/1-Lent-a/FR-1Lent-a.html
"The fall of Adam and Eve is a template for the sins we all commit. Yet in
the cycle of temptation-sin lies a glimmer of hope. The possibility that the
cycle can be broken."
"Eden: Moral Power of a Biblical Landscape," Theodore Hiebert, (other
resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The
Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/CreationarticleHiebert.pdf
"The most familiar of all biblical landscapes, the Garden of Eden, offers
wisdom to reshape our values toward nature. No other story in our religious
heritage so clearly shows that we are linked to our landscapes and that our
work is to be in the service of nature’s needs and orders."
"The Stewardship of Creation," Russell A. Butkus, (other resources at)
"Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for
Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/CreationarticleButkus.pdf
"Viewed through the lens of Scripture, the environmental crisis is best
understood as creation-in-crisis, which elevates the significance of our
situation to the very heart of God. We are called to have dominion over the
earth; this does not mean to exploit, but to exercise care and
responsibility for God’s domain particularly in the interest of those who
are poor and marginalized."
"Becoming Better Gardeners," Teresa Morgan, (other resources at) "Moral
Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/CreationarticleMorgan.pdf
"Not only must Christians engage in careful theological reflection on the
Christian theology of creation, we must act on our responsibilities."
"Rethinking the Interpretation of Genesis 2.4B - 3.24," Lyn M. Bechtel,
from A Feminist Companion to Genesis, ed. Athalya Brenner, 1993.
http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/bechtel.htm
Lilith Pictures: With Adam and Eve.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/aNePics.html
"The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity,"
a fine comprehensive site on Genesis 1-3 by Gary A. Anderson of The
University of Virginia, and Michael E. Stone of The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/anderson/
"Adam and Eve," a discussion between Robert Alter, Father Alexander A.
DiLella O.F.M., and Kenneth A. Mathews at Genesis Reconsidered by Time.com.
http://www.time.com/time/genesis/passage1.html
"Temptation," program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and
more from the Bill Moyers PBS series Genesis: A Living Conversation.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/genesis/highlights3.html
"'The serpent asks the Bible's first question and produces the first
conversation.' -- Dr. Leon Kass."
"Eve: Malignant or Maligned?" Mary Phil Korsak, Cross Currents, 1994/95.
http://www.crosscurrents.org/evetxt.htm
"I invite you to broach the text as you would a literary masterpiece,
rather than as an object for historical analysis, to listen to it, as you
might listen to a piece of music, to be aware of its wholeness and to be
receptive to its suggestiveness."
"The Four Rivers of Paradise," Nahum Sarna, Jewish Heritage Online Monthly.
http://www.jhom.com/topics/rivers/eden.htm
"While the Tigris and the Euphrates are of course well known, the other two
names defy positive identification. They may stand for another great river
civilization corresponding to that of the Mesopotamian plain, perhaps the
Nile Valley."
"A Portrait of Shame," Margaret B. Hess, The Christian Century, 1997.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=669
"Shame creates an amnesia that clouds the original truth: we are created in
the image of God."
"The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowlege: An Extravaganza of the
Imagination," Midrash from Jewish Heritage Online Monthly, January 2000.
http://jhom.com/topics/trees/life_knowledge.htm
"In every corner of Gan Eden there are eighty myriad species of trees, the
most inferior of them being finer than all of the aromatic plants (of this
world); and in each corner there are sixty myriads of ministering angels
singing in pleasant tones. In the center is the Tree of Life, its branches
covering the whole of Gan Eden, containing five hundred thousand varieties
of fruit all differing in appearance and taste."
"The First Tear," Midrash in Jewish Heritage OnLine Magazine.
http://www.jhom.com/topics/tears/first.html
"The Seduction of Eve and Feminist Readings of the Garden of Eden," Reuven
Kimelman, Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1998.
http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/journal/vol1n2/eve.html
"Eve and Pandora Contrasted," William E. Phipps, Theology Today, 1988.
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/apr1988/v45-1-article3.htm
"Contrary to prevailing opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of
Eve and Pandora are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of
awareness of this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western
civilization who have mingled these two stories together."
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Romans 5:12-21
http://www.textweek.com/pauline/rom5b.htm
"First Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary: Lent 1,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/AEpLent1.htm
"While Paul's statements about the Law here are all too brief and appear to
pose alternatives which may be too sharply drawn (is not the Law, the Torah,
also a gift of grace?), the focus on grace and love rather than law and rule
as the basis for human transformation takes us to the heart of the good news
and of hope for humanity."
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, God's Saving Work in the Letter to the Romans:
Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost Season, Arland J. Hurtgren, Word & World
Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1993.
http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/13-2_Literature/13-2_Hultgren.p
"God's Gift: Jesus Christ,"
http://www.lectionarystudies.com/sunday12ae.html
"Sin and Forgiveness,"
http://www.lectionarystudies.com/lent1ae.html
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage
Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
"From the Curse to the Cure (Romans 5:12-21)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2299
"Those who are the victims of Adam's sin are also guilty of personal sin, of
their own doing."
"I'm Fallen and I Can't Get Up!: An Exegetical on Romans 5:12-19," by D.
Wayne Stiles, II, at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=1155
"An important application to the church today is to preach the gospel to all
men in fulfillment of the Great Commission."
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Psalm 32
http://www.textweek.com/writings/psalm32.htm
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May the Peace of Christ be with you all, and may your study be prayer,
Jenee
Jenee Woodard -- Jackson, Michigan
http://www.textweek.com - The Text This Week
