Links for January 27, 2008: Epiphany 3
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This direct link to the weekly resources page for Epiphany 3, Year A
(January 27, 2008):
http://www.textweek.com/yeara/epipha3.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:
Calling the Disciples
http://www.textweek.com/art/calling_disciples.htm
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Commentary, Exegesis & Sermon Preparation
Comments (commentary)
http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/apr03m.shtml
and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study),
http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/apr03l.shtml
Epiphany 3, Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
Commentary and Spiritual Perspectives, Ordinary 3, 2008. Commentary,
historical background, poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis
University.
http://liturgy.slu.edu/3OrdA012708/main.html
Preaching This Week at WorkingPreacher.org, Luther Seminary.
Commentaries
on lectionary readings by Frank M. Yamada, Dwight Peterson, and Audrey
West.
http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx
Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary, Epiphany 3, by Paul
Nuechterlein &
Friends.
http://girardianlectionary.net/year_a/epiphany3a.htm
Preaching Peace commentary, Epiphany 3A, Jeff Krantz & Michael
Hardin.
http://www.preachingpeace.org/yeara/epiphany3.htm
Preaching Helps (Epiphany 3, 2008). Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist
Church
General Board of Discipleship.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=45738&loc_id=733,
32,47
Process and Faith Lectionary Commentary, Epiphany 3, 2008, Bruce G.
Epperly,
"...bringing process-relational thought to people of faith."
http://www.processandfaith.org/lectionary/YearA/2007-2008/2008-01-27.shtml
Rumors, January 27, 2008, Ralph Milton, "Sermon helps for preachers
with a
sense of humor."
http://ralphmiltonsrumors.blogspot.com/2008/01/sermon-helps-for-sunday-janua
ry-27th.html
Sermon Nuggets, Epiphany 3A, 2008, Lindy Black. Illustrations, humor,
questions, quotations.
http://home.twcny.rr.com/lyndale/Epiphany3A%202008.htm
Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 27, 2008, Joy L. McDonald
Coltvet,
Currents in Theology and Mission.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MDO/is_5_34/ai_n21053802
SAMUEL, Epiphany 3, 2008, at ucc.org: lectionary citations, weekly
theme,
lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back page.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/january-27-2008-i-third.html
Jesus Now, Epiphany 3A. Lectionary, study and worship resources from
Faith
Futures Jesus Then & Now.
http://wiki.faithfutures.org/index.php/Proper_3A
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, Epiphany 3, Dan Nelson. (Lutheran)
http://sio.midco.net/danelson9/yeara/epiphany3a.htm
Readings, Analysis of Text and Preaching Paths from Dennis Bratcher,
Christian Resource Institute. (Church of the Nazarene.) Commentary
focuses
on Isaiah text.
http://www.cresourcei.org/lectionary/YearA/Aepiphany3ot.html
"Jesus' Proclamation Begins," The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher,
Aotearoa-New Zealand, 2008.
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/bfletch/a112.html
Social Justice Lectionary, Epiphany 3A, list of links by Rev. Dr. Bruce
Sweet, United Church of Canada.
http://www.socialjusticelectionary.com/yearainfo.htm#3RDEPIPH
Starters for Sunday, 27 January 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
Estudio Exegético-Homilético, Enero de 2008, Instituto Universitario
Isedet.
http://www.isedet.edu.ar/publicaciones/EEH094Enero2008.doc
Lectionary at Lunch: MP3, Windows Media, and Real Audio files of
lectures
by professors at Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO (LCMS).
http://www.csl.edu/Resources_AudioVideo_LectionaryatLunch.aspx
Lists of recommended articles are available with ATLAS subscription
http://www.atla.com/trial/textweek.html
for these texts:
Isaiah 9:1-4
http://www.textweek.com/prophets/isaiah9a.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Psalm 27
http://www.textweek.com/writings/psalm27.htm#ATLAS_Journals
1 Corinthians 1:10-18
http://www.textweek.com/pauline/1cor1b.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Matthew 4:12-23
http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/matt4b.htm#ATLAS_Journals
Lectionary Reflections, Discussions & Weblogs:
Blogging toward Sunday, Erin Martin, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian
Century, 2008.
http://www.theolog.org/
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/
"Portraits of Jesus," Laurel A. Dykstra, "Voices of Truth," Living the
Word,
Sojourners Online, 2008.
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0801&article=
080149
"Met in Darkness, Seen in Light," Angela Bauer-Levesque, Mary Foulke,
Robert
Griffin, Out In Scripture: An Honest Encounter Between Our Lives and the
Bible, Human Rights Campaign, 2008. (LGBT persective)
http://www.hrc.org/scripture/season.asp#01-27-08
Preaching Isaiah, Rev. Dr. David N. Mosser, Reflections on the
Lectionary
for January, 2008, The Living Pulpit.
http://www.pulpit.org/articles/January08Lectionary.asp
"And Yet," Larry Patten. "Faithful & Foolish Reflections Served
Weekly."
http://www.larrypatten.com/
This Sunday's Readings, Epiphany 4 (3)A, John Pridmore, Church Times,
2008.
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=50199
Daily Reflection, Ordinary 2, Larry Gillick, S.J., Creighton University,
2008.
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/012708.html
Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Epiphany 3A. 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/2005/01/third_sunday_af.html
The Saturday Night Theologian, Exegesis of Word and World, Tod O.L.
Mundo,
Progressive Theology Weblog, 2005.
http://www.progressivetheology.org/SNT/SNT-2005.01.23.html
"Power and Unity," Mark Handley Andrus, Proclaiming Gospel Justice, The
Witness, 2005.
http://www.thewitness.org/agw/andrus011405.html
"Falling Out for Trifles," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself,
Daniel
B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2005.
http://www.journeywithjesus.net/Essays/20050117JJ.shtml
"Makeshift Communities," Barbara Lemmel. Commentary from The Christian
Century, January, 1999. At Religion Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=603
"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
le/020149.html
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
le/960149.html
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
Selected Sermon, Epiphany 3 (RCL), by the Rev. Charles Hoffacker, in
Worship
that Works, ECUSA, 2008.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_94079_ENG_HTM.htm
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
Epiphany 3A - 23 January 2005, Luke Bouman, 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-7/050123-7-e.html
"Can You Hear Me Now?" Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National
Catholic
Weekly, 2005.
http://www.americamagazine.org/SundayScripture.cfm?articletypeid=40&textID=3
973&issueID=515
"Keynoting Discipleship I," John R Donahue, SJ, America: The National
Catholic Weekly, 2002.
http://www.americamagazine.org/SundayScripture.cfm?articletypeid=40&textID=1
442&issueID=358
Group Studies & Discussion/Reflection Questions:
Lectionary Notes, Epiphany 3, Rev. Beth Quick and the Lectionary Chat
Group
Bible Study of St. Paul's UMC, Oneida, NY.
http://www.bethquick.com/epiphany3anotes.htm
Banquet of the Word, Bible Study Based on the Sunday Readings, by Rev.
Thomas Welbers.
http://www.olaclaremont.org/education/adult/bow/bowota03.htm
"Following the Light of the World," John and Robin McCullough-Bade,
Daily
Discipleship Bible Study, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2008.
http://www.elca.org/evangelizingchurch/dailydiscipleship/Year_A/Epiphany_3_A
.pdf
Lesson Plans for Small Congregations, Adults, Epiphany, Year A, The
Episcopal Church, 2008.
http://ecusa.anglican.org/50534_53845_ENG_HTM.htm
Bible Study - Ordinary Time 3 - verse by verse Roman Catholic lectionary
commentary at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Picayune, MS.
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/a_ot_3.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 (Epiphany 3, 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=45906&loc_id=733,
32,47
Gathering, Epiphany 3, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, keyboard, instrumental, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/files/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/ace/rtf/ace
2008.rtf
LCA Worship Resources, Epiphany 3A, includes liturgy, hymn suggestions,
notes on the readings, visuals, drama, "Talking with Children," etc.
Lutheran Church of Australia.
http://www.lca.org.au/resources/cow/batch%201/d-YearAAdventtoEpiphany/13-A,%
20Epiphany%203.rtf
Mustard Seeds, "Discipleship 101," Epiphany 3, 2008. A lectionary-based
ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull,
Gippsland,
Australia.
http://seedstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/epiphany-3-january-27-discipleship-101
.html
Worship Resources, Epiphany 3, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship
Connection.
http://www.worshipconnection.cokesbury.com/content.aspx?dyn=1502
Liturgy for the Celebration of Life, Epiphany 3A. Liturgies from a
Progressive/Post-Liberal Theology, Revd Rex A.E. Hunt, The Uniting
Church of
St James Curtin, ACT.
http://www.rexaehuntprogressive.com/liturgy_collection/year_a_liturgy_collec
tion/year_a_christmasepiphany/epiphany3a2712008.html
"A Light Shone," Ordinary 3, 2005. A New Presentation for Sunday's
Liturgy,
Claretian Communications, Philippines. Includes Flash presentation.
http://www.bible.claret.org/liturgy/CycleA/jan05/23.htm
Liturgies Online, by Rev Moira Laidlaw, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/liturgies/main/index.php?ch_table=link3&PI
D=22&SID=&year=A
Worship and Liturgy Resources, Ordinary 3, by Rev David Beswick, Uniting
Church in Australia.
http://www.beswick.info/rclresources/03A96OS.htm
"The Message," The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher, Aotearoa-New
Zealand,
2008.
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/bfletch/a212.html
Liturgical Planning and Music Suggestions, Ordinary 2, CanticaNova
Publications.
http://www.canticanova.com/planning/year-a/p_ot1_a.htm
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/12epiph3.htm
The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in
Australia: Hymn suggestions and paraphrases of lectionary Psalms.
http://thebillabong.info/
Prayers of the People, Year A - Epiphany 3/OT3. General intercessions
for
Sundays and Feasts, by Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of the
[Anglican/Episcopal] Diocese of Louisiana.
http://members.cox.net/oplater/IntercessionA-Epiphany3OT3.pdf
Lector's Notes, Ordinary 3, 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/ordtime_03_yrA.html
Introductions to lectionary readings for readers, Proper 3A. Chris
Haslam,
Diocese of Montreal.
http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/apr03i.shtml?
Creative Closing, Ordinary 3, George Hartwell, at Richard J. Fairchild's
Sermon & Lectionary Resources.
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or03creativeclosings-se.php
Offertory Prayers for December, 2008, David S. Bell, United Methodist
Church GBOD.
http://www.gbod.org/stewardship/article.asp?id=45719&source=church
A Prayer/Litany for Epiphany 3, Stephen Brown, A Place for Prayer.
http://revsbrown.tripod.com/aplaceforprayer/id14.html
Starters for Sunday, 27 January 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
"Liturgy: prayer reflection", reflections on the collect at the
Eucharist,
Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/reflection/564c.html
21st Century Africana Liturgical Resources, Epiphany 3, the Rev. Dr.
Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=45736&loc_id=733,
32,47
Prayers of the People, Epiphany 3, Richard J. Einerson, sample prayers
from
Prayers of the People: Pastoral Prayers for Worship and Personal
Devotion.
http://www.richardeinerson.com/einerson_005.htm
Prayers and Musical Ideas, Ordinary 3, 2008. Commentary, historical
background, poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis
University.
http://liturgy.slu.edu/3OrdA012708/main.html
World in Prayer, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi,
California. Prayers. Prayers and litanies based on each week's world
news.
http://www.worldinprayer.org/
Graphics and Multimedia:
Clip Art, Ordinary 3, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic
Educators.
http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/3A.htm
Ordinary 3 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/10OrdinarioA3.jpg
Bulletin Covers, www.scholia.net. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Emmett,
Idaho. Scroll down for Year A index.
http://www.scholia.net/bulletins.htm
Mustard Seeds, "Discipleship 101," Epiphany 3, 2008. A lectionary-based
ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull,
Gippsland,
Australia.
http://seedstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/epiphany-3-january-27-discipleship-101
.html
SundayGraphx, Don Silva. Bulletin Covers / Cubierta de Boletín and
PowerPoint backgrounds, English and Spanish.
http://sundaygraphx.blogspot.com/
Scripture Pics, Weekly RCL-related image.
http://www.scripturepics.org/
Free Downloadable Bulletin Covers & Clip Art, (primarily UMC and
PCUSA),
Kerr Resources.
http://www.kerrresources.com/
Agnus Day, Lectionary cartoon by James Wetzstein.
http://www.agnusday.org/
La domenica con Gesù, weekly image tied to gospel lesson.
http://www.santegidio.org/it/amici/voce/domenica.htm
Bulletin Inserts:
SAMUEL, Epiphany 3, 2008, at ucc.org: lectionary citations, weekly
theme,
lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back page.
http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/january-27-2008-i-third.html
Scripture Introduction for Bulletin Insert, Third Sunday after Epiphany,
Rev. John Shearman, Oakville, ON, Canada.
http://www.seemslikegod.org/Lectionary/YearA_Epiphany3.htm
Hymns and Music: (see also "Hymns & Music" linked at individual
scripture pages, below)
Original Hymns, Settings and Songs:
"The Lamb's Embrace," TEXT: Mark Ryman (2005) based on Matthew 4:12-23.
TUNE: "Monkland." New Hymns for the Lectionary.
http://edoxy.com/hymns/Epiphany3A_Gospel.html
"The Light," Brenton Prigge, New Hymn.
http://www.newhymn.com/085Light.htm
Hymns of the Spirit Three, Epiphany 3A, Richard E. Hurst, Universalist
National Memorial Church.
http://www.hos3.com/hos3/archives/epiphany_3a/
Hymn/Song/Choral Piece Lists:
Lectionary Hymns, Epiphany 3, 2008, United Methodist Church GBOD.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/lectionaryhymns/012708hymns.asp
Gathering, Epiphany 3, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, keyboard, instrumental, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/files/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/ace/rtf/ace
2008.rtf
Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary (with lyrics and sound files)
from the Oremus Hymnal. (Click "Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday
Lectionary.")
http://oremus.org/hymnal/
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.
http://thebillabong.info/
Gathering, Epiphany 3, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, keyboard, instrumental, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/files/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/ace/rtf/ace
2008.rtf
Starters for Sunday, 27 January 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
Together to Celebrate, January 27, 2008, David MacGregor, Uniting
Church in
Australia. Contemporary Christian Music resources.
http://www.togethertocelebrate.com.au/EPIPHANY3A_2008.htm
Prayers and Musical Ideas, Ordinary 3, 2008. Commentary, historical
background, poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis University.
http://liturgy.slu.edu/3OrdA012708/main.html
Children's Bulletins
Lectionary Puzzles. 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-awjj.htm
Gospel Puzzles for the Lectionary, Epiphany 3A, Mark Ryman, edoxy.com.
http://www.edoxy.com/puzzles/Epiphany3A_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.)
http://www.sermons4kids.com/
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,"
http://www.sermons4kids.com/
"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, Epiphany 3, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes
homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn
suggestions, keyboard, instrumental, choral suggestions etc.
http://www.united-church.ca/files/sales/magazines/gathering/2008/ace/rtf/ace
2008.rtf
Lesson Plans for Small Congregations, Younger Children & Older
Children,
Epiphany, Year A, The Episcopal Church, 2008.
http://ecusa.anglican.org/50534_53845_ENG_HTM.htm
"Rolling Along Together With Christ,"
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or03sm.php
"Gone Fishing,"
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or03-99.php
"Fishing for People,"
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or03su.php
Children's Time, in Sermons and Liturgies. Richard J. Fairchild. (Scroll
down in liturgies to find Children's Time.)
Ideas and Talks for Epiphany, Talks to Children, Rev. Donald
McCorkindale,
Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
http://talks2children.itsforministry.org/t2c/seasonal.asp?SeasonID=4E
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Matthew 4:12-23
http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/matt4b.htm
"Kingdom and Repentance,"
http://wiki.faithfutures.org/index.php/214_Kingdom_and_Repentance
"Fishing for Humans,"
http://wiki.faithfutures.org/index.php/190_Fishing_for_Humans
"In Capernaum's Synagogue,"
http://wiki.faithfutures.org/index.php/215_In_Capernaums_Synagogue
"To Other Places,"
http://wiki.faithfutures.org/index.php/218_To_Other_Places
The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions
concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks,
FaithFutures Foundation.
"First Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Epiphany
3,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/MtEpiphany3.htm
"It is not scalp hunting but seeking out people to follow, in the way
that
Jesus has sought out the disciples, engaging them in the vision and
agenda
of the kingdom which will widen their horizons taking them into dark and
unfamiliar places, but with light and compassion."
"Fishing for Christ," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor
Edward
F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed
background and exegesis.
http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_fishing_for_christGA.htm
"What does it mean for you to be a fisherman, a fisherwoman for
Christ?"
Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Epiphany 3, 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/2005/01/third_sunday_af.html
"Becoming a "fisher for people" is going to bring these Galilean fishers
not only into relationship with Jesus, but into a whole new network of
relationships with others. Their relationship with Herod Antipas and the
powers of this world, with the hated toll collectors, with their
neighbors,
with their families, with Gentiles and Pharisees, with anyone who hears
Jesus' call and, responding to it, becomes a sister or brother ... none
of
these will ever be the same."
Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/matt4x12.htm
"What should be our response to the coming of heaven's rule?
Surprisingly,
it is not worship or praise, but repentance."
Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/matthew0/MIM41225EP3.html
"What About Zebedee?" Mark Ralls, The Christian Century, 2005.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3196
"When Christ calls, he beckons us beyond the point of familiarity,
asking
us to risk doing something we don’t know how to do, to become someone
we’re
not yet sure we know how to be."
"Third Sunday after Epiphany: Matthew 4:12-23," Revelation and Response:
Matthean Texts for Christmas and Epiphany, Carol Mork, Word & World:
Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern Theological School,
1989.
http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/9-4_Ministry/9-4_Mork.pdf
Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 3A, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
http://www.wellsprings.org.uk/weekly_wellsprings/year_a/sunday_03.htm
"Fleeing Before Herod (Matt 4:12-13)," Fred B. Craddock, The Christian
Century. At Religion Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=713
"What, then, are we to make of the text? It certainly is not an
attractive
picture, Jesus withdrawing and moving again and again. Is there any Good
News here? Yes. First, that Jesus can and does identify with the
uprooted,
the pursued, the victim, is in itself an encouraging and redeeming
word..."
"Light Has Dawned," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and
Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual
notes.
http://www.lectionarystudies.com/studyg/sunday3ag.html
"They Were Fishers..." Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach.
http://onefamilyoutreach.com/bible/Matthew/mt_04_12-23.html
"Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and
teen
study and activities. "Those who considered following Jesus would look
at
his uncouth disciples and either say; 'If he accepts them—maybe he will
take
me.' Or, 'I’m not going to hang around people like that!'"
"The Call to Adventure (Matthew 4:17-22)," John C. Purdy. Chapter 2 of
Returning God's Call: The Challenge of Christian Living. At Religion
Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=420&C=266
"Wherever the church allows "the kingdom of heaven is at hand" to be
separated from Jesus' call to working people to follow him, the game is
up.
The vital nerve of the Christian movement has been severed."
"Being Whole Rather than Cured," 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/3rdSunOT.htm
"Meditation is a form of prayer that asks us to follow Christ by
letting go
of all."
"A Light to the Nations," 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/3-a/A-3-a.html
"Who do you know that is wise? Who truly 'enlightens' you?"
"Capernaum,"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum
"Calling the Disciples,"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)#The_four
wikipedia.
"The Galilean Fishing Economy and the Jesus Tradition," by K.C. Hanson.
http://www.kchanson.com/ARTICLES/fishing.html
"I employ a model of embedded economics to articulate the relationships
between the various players in the sub-system: the Roman emperors; Herod
Antipas; the tax administrators; the brokers, tax collectors, and toll
collectors; the fishing families; the hired laborers; the suppliers of
raw
goods and other products; fish processors; and shippers and carters."
Fishing in the NT- A Misunderstood Analogy for Evangelism by Daniel B.
Wallace at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=1246
"The imagery has nothing to do with 'hooking' the unbeliever with the
gospel. Further, the picture is not individualistic: the point is not
one
person being reeled in at a time. All of this has to do with
line-fishing,
but this is not the picture seen in this text."
Capharnaum, featuring information and images from 19 seasons of
excavations
conducted by the late Fr. Virgilio C. Corbo ofm and Fr. Stanislao
Loffereda
ofm.
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sites/TScpmain.html
"The Power of Alliance," by Bill Wylie-Kellermann, in Sojourners OnLine,
Sept/Oct 1998.
http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/action/sojourners/issue/soj9809/artic
le/980910.html
"Biblically, theologically, ethically, even pastorally, it is incumbent
upon the church to stand with workers, to be with them in the struggle
for
justice, to join them in holding corporations accountable to human
community."
"How to Be a Disciple," Dallas Willard. Adapted from The Divine
Conspiracy:
Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God. Reprinted in The Christian
Century,
1998. At Religion OnLine.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=336
"When we have achieved clarity on 'the costs' -- on what is gained and
what
is lost by becoming or failing to become his apprentice -- an effective
decision is then possible. But still it must be made. It will not just
happen. We do not drift into discipleship."
Sermons:
"Follow Me, and I Will Make You Go Fishing," the Very Rev. Samuel G.
Candler, Day 1, 2005.
http://www.day1.net/index.php5?view=transcripts&tid=479
"Fishing for Christ," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church,
Seattle, Washington.
http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_a_fishing_for_christ.htm
"Discovering What We Were Meant to Do," John Jewell, 1999.
http://www.lectionarysermons.com/jan24ser99.html
"Walk in the Light," the Rev. Michael J. Fish, Day 1, 1999.
http://www.day1.net/index.php5?view=transcripts&tid=298
"Fishing with Jesus," Dean William Willimon, Duke Chapel Sermon Archive,
1999.
http://www.chapel.duke.edu/worship/sunday/viewsermon.aspx?id=75
"A Fish Story," Rev. Frederick J. Streets, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago
Sunday
Evening Club, 1993.
http://www.csec.org/csec/sermon/streets_3628.htm
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Isaiah 9:1-4
http://www.textweek.com/prophets/isaiah9a.htm
Isaiah 9:1-4, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W.
Klein,
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/adventa.htm#Epiphany3
The Old Testament Readings: 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/EpiphanyA/Epiphany3.html
"We celebrate joyfully 'a son given to us' not in spite of all that is
horrible, dangerous, or distressing about the world around us, but
precisely
because of it."
Commentary, 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/January/Epip3Isa9_08
.htm
"The words in the time of Isaiah was offering new hope in a time when
the
Assyrians were defeating lots of countries and expanding their Empire
across
the Middle East and into Egypt."
Preaching Isaiah, Rev. Dr. David N. Mosser, Reflections on the
Lectionary
for January, 2008, The Living Pulpit.
http://www.pulpit.org/articles/January08Lectionary.asp
"To have faith in the promises of God is to have faith that this trust
is
sufficient."
"Commentary on Isaiah 9:1-4: 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A),"
Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
http://www.cresourcei.org/lectionary/YearA/Aepiphany3ot.html
"The passage is about more than longing and dreaming for better days
ahead,
although that is certainly a part of the passage. It is really about
living
under threat in a world that is beyond our control, a world that lies
in the
hands of leaders who make stupid and selfish and even cowardly
decisions,
who refuse to trust God."
Sermons:
"Exploding Light," Epiphany 3, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace
Lutheran
Church, Seattle, Washington - Sermons from Seattle.
http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_a_exploding_light.htm
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1 Corinthians 1:10-18
http://www.textweek.com/pauline/1cor1b.htm
"First Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary: Epiphany
3,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/AEpEpiphany3.htm
"In one sense it was a problem of idolatry. The Corinthians were putting
certain leaders into a place that really belonged only to God."
1 Corinthians 1:10-17, "Jesus Christ and Him Crucified": Epiphany Texts
from
First Corinthians, Terrance L. Dinovo, Word & World Texts in
Context, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1995.
http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/15-4_Nations/15-4_Dinovo.pdf
"Falling Out for Trifles," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself,
Daniel
B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
http://www.journeywithjesus.net/Essays/20050117JJ.shtml
"Christians have excluded, persecuted and killed those they deemed to be
different—Jews, Muslims, gays, witches, heretics and so on. But what
dispirited Foxe so much was that the bitterest enemies were Christians
against Christians, persecuting each other over the slightest
differences."
"Divisions in the Church," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies
and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual
notes.
http://www.lectionarystudies.com/sunday3ae.html
"Foolish Belonging," Lillian Daniel, The Christian Century, 2002.
Religion
Online.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2255
"The news that some mainline Protestants have decided to recognize one
another’s communion table means little to those who sit in our
pluralistic
pews. They’ve been bouncing around in their own private ecumenical
movements
for years, attending a wedding here and a baptism there. They have a
growing
sense that denominational divisions are a thing of the past."
"1 Corinthians 1:10 - 4:21: Ideology of Power," Dr. Vernon Robbins.
From The
Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology,
London: Routledge, 1996.
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/RELIGION/faculty/robbins/SRI/Examples/texts/pau
l/paul15.html
"In [Castelli's] view, Paul's discourse in 1 Corinthians 1-4 constructs
a
'special position', 'a privileged position from which to speak' (p. 108)
which interpreters need to assess carefully in relation to other voices
in
New Testament literature."
"Epideictic Rhetoric in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1 - 4,"
Joop
F.M. Smit, Biblica 2003.
http://www.bsw.org/?l=71841&a=Comm06.html
"In this article an overview is given of the main characteristics of the
epideictic genre and in the light of this it is argued that in 1 Cor 1–4
Paul presents the four types of this genre..."
"Apocalyptic Transformation in Paul's Discourse on the Cross,"
Alexandra R.
Brown, Volume XVI, Number 4, Word & World, Luther Northwestern
Theological
Seminary, 1996.
http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/16-4_Corinthians/16-4_Brown.pdf
"Paul's discourse on the cross works as an apocalyptic 'speech-act,' the
agent of a perceptual shift that transfers the believer from a false
reality
to the authentic reality characterized by having the 'mind of Christ'."
"Embracing Death," Brian Pierce, O.P. at The Living Pulpit.
http://www.pulpit.org/articles/embracing_death.asp
"I am still a novice in learning this great wisdom of the poor. Death
and
life are so intimately woven together for them that there seems to be
really
no difference. Death is life. Life is death. They go together."
Sermons:
"T-T-Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation," The Rev. Karl Travis, Day 1, 2002.
http://www.day1.net/index.php5?view=transcripts&tid=138
"Missing the Point," John Jewell, 2002.
http://www.lectionarysermons.com/jan27==02.htm
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Psalm 27
http://www.textweek.com/writings/psalm27.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
mailto:jeneewd@dmci.net
http://www.textweek.com
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