Ecumenical

Ecumenical and Revised Common Lectionary—English and Spanish

• Revised Common Lectionary - The online Revised Common Lectionary is a project of the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library.
• African American Lectionary - This online resource highlights the African American ecclesial traditions and moments that creatively express the joy, freedom, and the challenges of being both African American and Christian (e.g., Watch Night, African Heritage Sunday, Usher's Day, and Women's Day), while also drawing on the seasons of the liturgical year.
• Calvin Theological Seminary Center for Excellence in Preaching - In this comprehensive resource site for preachers, I particularly recommend the Faculty Statement on Excellence in Preaching.
• Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary - The Anglican Diocese of Montreal offers weekly readings from the Bible along with brief explanatory comments and background materials on the biblical books.
• Desperate Preacher's Site - This website of Rev. Dr. Douglas K. Showalter of the United Church of Christ is a page for exchanging and sharing ideas, experiences, and readings on sermons, preaching, and worship with other preachers.
• Homiletics Online - This is the subscription online service of Homiletics magazine
• Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons - Bible studies and sermons are given for the Revised Common Lectionary, along with studies on theology, liturgy, and the Anglican church. Discussion questions are also provided.
• Lectionary Resources - Professor Bill Loader of the Uniting Church of Australia offers first thoughts on different passages from the Gospels in the Lectionary. These are not exegetical commentaries, although they include exegetical observations.
• Mennolink: Preaching and Teaching Resources - This Mennonite preaching page includes Bibles, translations, commentaries, and other helps.
• Otherwise Thinking - A blog by John McClure, Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship at Vanderbilt University: available by email subscription.
• Sermon Central - This page boasts 140,000 free sermons, accessible by category, scripture, key word, topic, audience age, contributor, and denomination.
• Sermon Writer: Sermon Resources for Lectionary Preaching - This subscription site, which may be explored by guests, gives exegesis, sermons, true stories, thought provokers, and hymns.
• THE TEXT THIS WEEK - This ecumenical page includes links and general resources for each Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary, including stories, movie connections, artwork, and reflections and questions to enhance prayer and study. Additional resources are included for the Roman Catholic, ELCA, and United Methodist lectionaries. This site now has partnered with ATLA, the American Association of Theological Libraries, to give key libary articles on the texts of the week.
• Working Preacher - Here is a preaching website by Luther Seminary (ELCA), St. Paul, Minnesota.