No Business as Usual: Sermons for the Lectionary, Year A, Pentecost Through Christ the King - Paperback

by Bruce L. Taylor (Author)

In this companion volume to The Word in the Wind: Sermons for the Lectionary, Year A, Advent through Eastertide, Bruce Taylor provides a collection of theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and biblically centered sermons for the Sundays and feast days for Pentecost and the remainder of the liturgical year commonly referred to as "Ordinary Time." The compilation includes a sampling of story sermons and, in an appendix to the lectionary-based homilies, a sermon that was delivered at the invitation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) as part of the preparation for the denomination's General Assembly in 2008, challenging the church to remember and remain faithful to its prophetic heritage. Using the full range of Old Testament, epistle, and Gospel readings commended by the Common Lectionary (Revised), this collection encourages preachers to use the lectionary as an opportunity to explore homiletically the whole range of scriptural themes for their congregations, and offers all readers thoughtful reflections on living faithfully in regular engagement with Word and Sacrament.

Author Biography

Bruce L. Taylor, a retired Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, served congregations in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Nevada, and Oklahoma, and is a retired attorney. An organizer and the secretary and treasurer of the Association for Reformed & Liturgical Worship for twelve years, he graduated from Northwestern University, the University of Denver, the Iliff School of Theology, and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and has taught Reformed heritage at Iliff.