Posted each Thursday, Lectionary Ruminations focuses on the
Scripture Readings, taken from the New Revised Standard Version, for the
following Sunday per the Revised Common Lectionary. Comments and questions are intended to
encourage reflection for readers preparing to teach, preach, or hear the Word.
Reader comments are invited and encouraged. All lectionary links are to the New
Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
of the Bible via the PC(USA) Devotions and Readings
website, but if you
prefer another translation, feel free to use that instead. (Other references may
be linked to the NRSV via the oremus Bible Browser.)
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the Readings for February 10, 2013, Transfiguration of the Lord. I may continue posting Lectionary
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FirstReading - Jeremiah 1:4-10
1:4 Has the word of the LORD ever come to you, and if so, how?
1:5 I doubt this could be
used as an argument for life beginning at conception as this sounds like life,
or personhood, begins even before conception.
What do you know about the philosophy of George Berkeley? Is this God talking to Jeremiah?
1:5 The “I do not know how
to speak” and “I am only a boy” defense.
It never seems to work.
1:8 Do not be afraid of
who, the nations?
1:8 Does this remind you of
any other perhaps similar accounts in the Hebrew Scriptures? Is this a call narrative?
1:10 Note two pairs of
destructive activities and one pair of creative activities.
71:1 What comes to your mind when you hear the word “refuge”? What is so bad about shame?
71:2 How does the LORD
incline the divine ear?
71:3 How is a rock of
refuge like a fortress? Do any
particular rocks to your mind when you hear “rock of refuge”?
71:5 “Help me
Obi Wan Yahweh, you're my only hope.”
71:6
Does this verse justify the Lectionary pairing this Psalm with the First
Reading from Jeremiah? Does this verse
justify referring to the LORD as a midwife?
13:1-13 Why read this in Sunday worship if there is no wedding to follow? What can be said about passage that has not already been said? Why do we tend to read this at weddings when we really need to read it at divorce proceedings and in the midst of church conflict?
13:1 What do angels sound
like?
13:4-7 Anything missing in
this definition? How about Jenny (Ali McGraw) telling Oliver (Ryan
O'Neal) “Love means never
having to say you’re sorry” as written by Erich Segal?
13:11 Is there a difference between
being childish and childlike?
13:12 It is a little enigmatic,
nevertheless, this is one of my favorite verses. Is there any play on the idea of “icon”
here? What is the difference between a
thing reflected and its reflection?
13:13 Where did faith and hope come
from?
4:21 Who is speaking? To whom is he speaking? What is the setting? What scripture?
4:22 All? Is this hyperbole? When was the last time you were amazed by
anyone’s words? I think it is
interesting that the speaker is identified as Joseph’s son rather than Mary’s
son.
4:23 Where did this proverb
come from? What were people saying about
his time in Capernaum?
4:24 What do you think
about this?
4:25 What does this have to
do with anthing?
4:28 Why were they filled
with rage? I thought they were all
amazed. What happened between verse 22 and verse 28?
4:29 Why am I thinking
about swine?
4:30 How did he do this?
ADDENDUM
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