Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C

June 26, 2022

Comments by John Fairless

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Ahhh. The “chariots of fire!”

For those of us who can actually remember the 1980’s, the Vangelis tune from the movie of the same name immediately begins playing in our brains. And from Sunday School, we may remember the dramatic story of Elijah, the prophet of fire, riding those chariots up to heaven.

Except, th…