Lectionary Q for January 29, 2023 - a podcast by First Christian Church of St.
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Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's texts are from Matthew 2:1-12 and Micah 6:1-8.
What are your answers? What are your questions? Send them to lectionaryq@substack.com.
Here are the questions for this week’s passage:
- This passage is usually called the Beatitudes. This work comes from Greek which can mean blessed or happy. Is there a difference between being blessed and being happy?
- How would you describe the people Jesus called blessed?
- What do the beatitudes say about following Jesus? Is following risky or easy?
- What do the Beatitudes have to say about the state of the world?
Let’s ask some questions from Micah:
- The first part of the passage has the prophet speaking for God. How would you describe God’s feelings?
- Why was God not interested in the response from people?
- In verse 8 it says, “He has told you, O mortal, what is good,” which seems to be the biblical way of saying “You already know what I want.” Do you think the people really knew what God wanted?
- Verse 8 uses the word, “require.” Does require something from us or does God desire something from us?`
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