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Feasting on the Word: Year A: Pentecost and Season After Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16) (Feasting on the Word)

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Best commentaries for preaching that have come out in years. I especially appreciate the four approaches on each text...well worth the purchase...I plan to buy the whole 3 year series.

If you are new to the Revised Common Lectionary or have been using it for years, this book,and its companion volumes, will prove to be an invaluable tool for you for many years. It explores each reading for every Sunday of the Liturgical year from four perspectives: theological, pastoral, exegitical and homiletical and in doing so provides a wealth of information for the preparation of liturgies and sermons that reflect the sense of the scriptures for that day. I have been using these volumes for 3 years now, and have recommended them to sermon study groups and to my brothers and sisters in the ordained ministry since I first opened the first volume. Many thanks to David Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor for their excellent editorial work and for making these books available to preachers and students.

Feasting on the Word, Year A Volume 1. What a resource. Each of the texts form a self contained section with the texts printed at the start of the section. Then there is a division into Theological, Pastoral, Exegetical and Homiletical Perspectives for the passage running in parallel columns down the page. These perspectives are rich and broad in perspective - brief yet packed with many ideas and facts about the particular text. The whole section provides a full "meal" (pun intended) on the text that is incredibly useful for bible studies, personal reflection and sermon preparation.

I have shelves full of commentaries, many very useful, others excellent paperweights. The quality of scholarship, the multiple themes and suggestions available for each text, and the accessibility of the material make this series a great choice for layperson and clergy. The concise and insightful perspectives packed into one book gives me easy access to start my preparations, and a highly portable means to take my work with me (story of the preacher's life, I guess). My only regret is that it is not also in Kindle form - which would make it LIGHT as well as portable.

Having been in the ministry nearly 40 years, I believe I have a good sense of resource quality - these books are excellent. The commentators are excellent. The usefulness of the work is excellent. Even the quality of the physical book is excellent - attractive yet designed for much handling. I highly recommend this series. I am into Year A, Volume 2 now and it is every bit as good as 1.

Did I say I highly recommend this series? I DO!

I love Feasting on the Word, but sometimes the quality of the articles is uneven. I wonder if they are mis-categorized sometimes. For example. the theological seem to be more exegetical, or the homiletical seem to address pastoral issues.I also end up wondering if there are time/deadline issues because when it is good, it is the absolute best, but as the series progresses ...

with this volume, I was disappointed because I love the Genesis tract of scripture, but have to buy the online support services in order to get commentaries on that choice for the readings. Wish I had known before I bought.