Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year B
June 9, 2024
Thinking the Texts by John Fairless
I live in Gainesville, Florida, hometown of many musically talented people, not the least of which was Tom Petty (full name: Thomas Earl Petty, affectionately known to lots of local folks as “Tommy”). His song, It’s Good to Be King, hit #6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart in 1994; Petty wrote, “It’s good to be ki…