Lectionary Notes Update
The Past
For the last few weeks I have not been pleased with the quality of the Lectionary Notes I’ve produced. They have seemed terse and inadequate and, even to produce notes of this mediocre quality, have consumed a substantial amount of time during my week.
As you may have noticed, no notes were posted this week…
The Present
Recently I have been trying to cut down on activities in an attempt to get a little bit more balance in my life. I haven’t felt that I’ve been doing justice to all my different responsibilities by spreading myself so thinly.
The Future
I’ve therefore decided to no longer produce Lectionary Notes each week (Don’t worry though, I won’t be Vandapooling!). However, despite this news, I am not planning to give up these notes either completely or permanently…
I originally began producing the notes for whomever was leading Bible study at the JP2 Group. Since most members of this Young Adult group have now led Bible study several times, I will now only produce my notes if the person leading that week is leading for the first time. For those more experienced leaders, I will simply point them to my Lectionary Resources post.
Over the lifetime of this blog I have produced commentary for forty-two different Sundays which, if one includes the vigils and feast days, is approximately 18% of the Lectionary. It would be great to reach 100% coverage, writing a complete commentary for the entire Lectionary. If the Lord grants me the years and the opportunity, I would love to pick it up regularly once again and complete it…
“I am” – and the breath and Yahweh are fascinating latin roots about living in the present. I’m striving to do the same. Way to cut back. You have provided immense help to others with this blog and lectionary notes. Now make time for yourself 🙂
I agree with Laura! Always appreciate your blogs and notes, but they are a tremendous amount of work! When you someday get to 100% then you ought to make it a book. I would buy it!
Thanks ladies 🙂
Well, you never know, I may be a published author sooner rather than later…
I’m planning on converting my “How to lead Bible Study” articles into a book and then self-publishing on Lulu, thereby fulfilling my “Bucket List” item of “Write a book”. I’m aiming at having this done in the first quarter of next year…
I’ve often wondered how you manage them, as they’re so in depth and multi-sourced, and still have time to, oh, work. 🙂
And huzzah for (future) publishing! Good luck!
You may want to check out my collection of commentary on Scoop.it. I have linked to many of your articles as well as others writing about each Sunday’s lectionary texts. I occasionally tweet these @lectionary. You and your group may find this helpful.
Thanks 🙂