By Remington Slone

This lectionary guide covers Sundays from May 3 through July 28, 2013.

Collected by Darla Turlington

These quotations, on the general topic of Hospitality, were selected from both Testaments of the Bible as well as a variety of authors, and speakers; they may be useful to pastors, theologians, seminary students, and others in their sermon preparation, research, writings, or reflections.

Reviewed by Neal D. Presa

Dem Dry Bones: Preaching, Death, and Hope by Luke A. Powery (Fortress Press, 2012)
What Not to Say: Avoiding the Common Mistakes That Can Sink Your Sermon by John C. Holbert and Alyce M. McKenzie (Westminster John Knox Press, 2011)

By Jin Hee Han

Our 2013 summer issue is packed with blessings that center around the theme of hospitality. Authors for this issue come from many different backgrounds, but their contributions come together to make a chorus that calls attention to the centrality of hospitality in our faith walk. They help us to feel the warmth that hospitality generates, and their testimonies are a telltale sign that hospitality continues to be the mainstay of our communal life.

By Remington Slone

This lectionary guide covers Sundays from February 3 through April 28, 2013.

Collected by Darla Turlington

These quotations, on the general topic of In God’s Image, were selected from both Testaments of the Bible as well as a variety of authors, and speakers; they may be useful to pastors, theologians, seminary students, and others in their sermon preparation, research, writings, or reflections.

By Jin Hee Han

This issue brings proceedings of the Bible conference “In God’s Image” held at New York Theological Seminary on Monday, October 22, 2012. I am confident that this issue will capture the blessings poured out at the conference and transmit them to the wider community of The Living Pulpit.

By Remington Slone

This lectionary guide covers Sundays in the months of October 2012 through January 2013.

Collected by Darla Turlington

These quotations, on the general topic of Renewal, were selected from the Bible as well as a variety of authors, and speakers; they may be useful to pastors, theologians, seminary students, and others in their research, writings, or reflections.

By Jin Hee Han

The conference, “A Season for Renewal”, focused on ways that could help stop the fall in membership of U.S mainline churches—perhaps even reverse it! The October issue of The Living Pulpit offers the articles by the Conference speakers.

By Jin H. Han, Old Testament; Efrain Agosto, New Testament Epistles; Jerry Reisig, New Testament Gospel

These lectionary notes serve the Sundays and feasts in July-September 2012.

Reviewed by Robert W. Gunn

The Breath of God by Jeffrey Small (San Francisco: West Hills Press, 2011).