Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B
August 18, 2024
Thinking the Texts by John Fairless
We are all pretty confident in our assessment that God is not a magic genie in the sky, granting three wishes to all who meet God’s righteous requirements. (Not so sure all the folks in our pews quite get this, but that’s another story….) The transition from King David to his son, Solomon, contains the somewhat-idealiz…