As I mentioned before, many parishes in the Episcopal Church are switching to the Revised Common Lectionary.  This is due to the General Convention, which voted to use the RCL in the next version of the Book of Common Prayer.  Of course, most other mainline denominations already follow the RCL.

Because of this, I thought I would begin posting on the OT readings for the RCL.  Each week I will write at least one post on one of the two OT reading options for the coming Sunday.  I hope to have it up by the middle of the week, in case some pastors begin using my posts for a resource in sermon preparation.  I make no promises, however.  It may not make it up until Friday or Saturday.  Some pastors wait until then to begin writing their sermons anyway, so it won’t be a problem for them.

The RCL provides two OT readings for each week.  One is a thematic reading that fits with the epistle and gospel readings.  The other is a reading that allows pastors to preach from one book in order for several weeks.  I probably will not be posting on both, although that may happen sometimes.  And I won’t consistently focus on the thematic or the series readings.  I will simply pick which reading looks more interesting to me and go with that one.  I won’t be providing a complete workup of the passage, but merely some exegetical notes and suggestions for how the passage might be preached.

If anyone would like to propose improvements for the series once it gets going, I hope you will feel free to make suggestions.  Because this is intended as a resource for preachers and congregants, I want to make it as useful as possible.

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