Year C, Palm Sunday
04/01/22 • 66 min
In this episode, we discuss the readings for Palm Sunday (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 (in this podcast we do a reader's theater of the Passion Narrative according to Mark.
We consider various ways to engage during Holy Week, discuss Isaiah 50 with respect to soul care practices of listening to others with one ear and the Lord with the other, and spend a good deal of time reflecting on the gifts of lament, suffering, and grief, in Scripture. We close with a reader's theater version of the Passion Narrative.
Other notes:
-We recommend writer Clarissa Moll as a kind and wise companion in grief and anticipate her forthcoming book Beyond the Darkness.
-Scripts for Reader's Theater versions of the Passion Narrative
Holy Week Resources:
-Fernando Ortega's Album The Crucifixion of Jesus
-The Gospel of John film
-The Gospel of Matthew film
-Seems like there are some newer versions that we haven't yet seen but may be worth a look: The Gospel of Luke and others
-The Chosen miniseries
We'd love to hear from you - send us an email at:
Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.
In this episode, we discuss the readings for Palm Sunday (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 (in this podcast we do a reader's theater of the Passion Narrative according to Mark.
We consider various ways to engage during Holy Week, discuss Isaiah 50 with respect to soul care practices of listening to others with one ear and the Lord with the other, and spend a good deal of time reflecting on the gifts of lament, suffering, and grief, in Scripture. We close with a reader's theater version of the Passion Narrative.
Other notes:
-We recommend writer Clarissa Moll as a kind and wise companion in grief and anticipate her forthcoming book Beyond the Darkness.
-Scripts for Reader's Theater versions of the Passion Narrative
Holy Week Resources:
-Fernando Ortega's Album The Crucifixion of Jesus
-The Gospel of John film
-The Gospel of Matthew film
-Seems like there are some newer versions that we haven't yet seen but may be worth a look: The Gospel of Luke and others
-The Chosen miniseries
We'd love to hear from you - send us an email at:
Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.
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Year C, Fifth Sunday in Lent
In this episode, we discuss the readings for the fifth Sunday in Lent (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14: John 12:1-8.
We consider Mary's extravagant anointing of Jesus' feet (and why in the world she dried them with her hair?), Paul's exemplary religious scrupulosity and how he found it worthless in light of Christ, the challenges of Bible translation as evidenced by Psalm 126, and childlike expectation for good things from God's hand.
Other notes:
-Peruse this variety of print parallel Bibles or online at Bible Gateway.
-I Dared to Call Him Father, by: Bilquis Sheikh & Richard Schneider
We'd love to hear from you - send us an email at:
Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.
Next Episode
Year C, Easter Sunday
In this episode, we discuss four of the many readings for Easter Sunday (Year C in the lectionary cycle): Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12.
We join the women at the tomb as they cycle through grief, perplexity, and terror before they remember Jesus' words and so find hope and eagerness to share the good news. We marvel at Paul's theological teaching on what resurrection means to those "in Christ." We worship with the Psalmist that "on this day the Lord has acted" and consider the many layered approaches to biblical interpretation. We hear anew Peter's sermon and the birthright of the church: people who encounter the risen Jesus and then are commissioned to tell others about Him.
Other notes:
-The ACNA 2019 BCP lections for the various Easter services (scroll down to the "Sunday, Holy Day & Commemoration Lectionary" and look for Easter Sunday in the table therein).
-Hallelujah! The Lord is Risen!
-Correction: It is not CS Lewis who says that all sad things will come untrue but JRR Tolkien through his characters:
“‘Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the world?’
‘A great Shadow has departed,’ said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land; and as he listened the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days upon days without count.” - from The Return of the King
We'd love to hear from you - send us an email at:
Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.
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