Living the Lectionary: Links to Life and Literature, Year A

By Geoff Wood

Each Sunday we listen to Gods word proclaimed in the assembly. We ask ourselves, what does this mean for my life and for our world at this time? How is the biblical word, as Psalm 119 suggests, a lamp... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568545231
• ISBN13: 9781568545233
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"

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Matthew, Robinson Crusoe, Moby Dick, and The Tempest

The opening reflection of Geoff Wood's Living Lectionary centers around the Old Testament reading for the First Sunday of Advent, in which Isaiah speaks of beating swords into plowshares. Wood recalls looking a the ruins of the World Trade Center and finding a renewed appreciation for "all construction in human nature," everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to "the long series of people who, when I flip a switch, flood my home with light and warmth." Links to Life and Literature is filled with such personal observations as well as connections to literature. For example, Matthew's account of Jesus' baptism is tied to scenes in Robinson Crusoe, Moby Dick, and The Tempest. This refreshing approach to the Year A readings is especially effective in bringing the scriptures to life in twenty-first century America.