Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

November 19, 2023

Thinking the Texts by John Fairless

Oh, how I wish the Consultation on Common Texts had included the full story of Deborah and Jael from Judges 4 for today! As a preacher working with this text, I don’t know how one can NOT tell the rest of the story. I will be doing so with my congregation. There is, in our culture, the obvious issue of violence that is…