Enter the Narrative Lectionary, which has been a breath of fresh air for me this fall. In each of four years, the NL tells the biblical story from start to finish—starting in Genesis each September, ...

In the lectionary, all that remains is the aforementioned institutional narrative, extracted to plug a hole on Maundy Thursday. The RCL, after all, didn’t insert itself into a status quo of a rich ...

while the Additional (“Pillar”) Lectionary provides stand-alone readings for occasional worshippers, it loses the great narrative stories that are so formative for the people of God. I encouraged the ...

The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), with its now familiar three-year cycle ... The Sunday readings are designed as a clear narrative of salvation history. Up to a point, this makes sense. The ...