This book is a tool, and a resource, for those whose ministry is to read lessons in church.
Following the Common Lectionary, it provides a short introduction to each set reading, to give the listening congregation some brief information before the reading itself.
An introduction is provided here for every Bible reading of the Sundays and major Holy Days in the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), and the Common Worship Lectionary (CWL).
The material offered covers such things as the context of a reading, its relationships to other readings (on the same or other Sundays), and a brief indication as to what the reading is “about”. There is sometimes a general statement of its place within God’s scheme of things for making himself known through the Bible, though it avoids pre-empting or circumscribing what the preacher may find as inspiration in seeking the Lord’s word in his Word.
The Revd Mike Stone has spent most of his working life creating computer systems and software. During that time he became a Fellow of the British Computer Society, as an early contributor to the debate on computers and privacy. He has served the church as a Reader, and subsequently Non-Stipendiary Priest. He now enjoys and absorbing Ministry of Retirement, both on his own behalf and in particular areas of pastoral work.
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