Summary

This workshop focused on the formative power of the lectionary when it is read within the theological narrative of the Christian year: the story of salvation.

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Details

Rather than discussing the use of the lectionary as an end in itself, or in the abstract, we will think of preaching as a means of leading and forming a pilgrim people across time on their journey to the City of God.

Presented at the 2008 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

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