Matt Mings on Lectionary Thoughts for Sunday, November 9, 2008
November 5th, 2008 — 8:35am
26th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27)
Year A
Readings for the week:
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
Psalm 78:1-7
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
Matthew 25:1-13
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
For a people who spent a generation on the move, this text is the call to stay put in the land YHWH promised their forebears, and to serve the LORD their God alone. Joshua reminds the people several times here to serve God alone.