Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B
June 30, 2024
Thinking the Texts by John Fairless
If we give credit to the Bible’s description of David — “a man after God’s own heart” — then we see from the Samuel passage that there are times when God’s heart hurts. After the loss of his best friend and his former mentor, David doesn’t try to explain things in a psalm or spend a lot of time looking for a deeper pur…