Many churches use the Revised Common Lectionary to shape their weekly worship services. The RCL is a three year cycle of weekly scripture readings from both the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and New Testament. When the cycle is maintained all books of the bible are read, including the prophets, psalms, proverbs, gospels and Paul’s letters. When pastors preach from the lectionary readings it encourages the church to hear and respond to the full gospel in all its textual expressions and guards against focusing on selective or favorite texts. If you are interested in following the lectionary cycle on your own then I recommend Vanderbilt’s website to you.
I especially find it helpful to reflect on the lectionary readings during my daily prayer times so I can meditate on the ‘Word’ during the week and bring a deeper appreciation to what I hear in the sermon on Sunday morning. Try using these readings in your Morning Prayer where Scripture Reading appears. Let me know if this daily ‘reading forward’ enriches your weekly Sunday worship.
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