Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year A
June 11, 2023
Thinking the Texts by John Fairless
Genesis 12 gives us the quintessential “call” text from the life of Abram. God is reaching out to a wandering humanity, offering guidance (though to where, exactly, is not yet clear) and hope. Without much additional dialogue, Abram agrees to this god’s crazy plan and the text says, “So Abram went.” Things haven’t cha…