Mind the Gap: Lectionary Commentary

Ep. 95: Ash Wednesday (2026)

Whether you listened once, or you downloaded every episode, thank you so much for being part of this project. Timestamps: 00:01 - title sequence 01:21 - What's on your mind? 14:20 - reading from Joel 17:56 - commentary for Joel 29:58 - reading from Matthew 33:10 - commentary for Matthew 52:27 - outro sequence Lectionary commentary for Ash Wednesday (2026) Joel 2:3-11 and Matthew 6:7-15 Hosts: Pastor Annemarie Hartner-Cook Pastor Rebecca Truland Special guests: Pastor Christopher Bruesehoff Pastor Lee Zandstra Music: London Calling [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Never_Sleep_-_Indie_Rock/London_Calling/] by Ryan Andersen [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/] FMA Podcast Suggestion [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/single/fma-podcast-suggestion-1/] by Stephan Siebert [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/] from the Free Music Archive [https://freemusicarchive.org/], CC BY-NC [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]

Ep. 94: Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (2026)

We begin today's episode with an important announcement about the podcast, and then we continue to discuss what "confidence" means in our life of faith, how to respond to situations of violence and tension, and what some of the overall things we've learned about scripture and preaching from this project. Timestamps: 00:01 - title sequence 01:21 - What's on your mind? 09:09 - reading the Psalm 11:14 - commentary 40:36 - outro sequence Lectionary commentary for 3rd Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (2026) Psalm 27:2-3 Hosts: Pastor Annemarie Hartner-Cook Pastor Rebecca Truland Music: London Calling [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Never_Sleep_-_Indie_Rock/London_Calling/] by Ryan Andersen [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/] FMA Podcast Suggestion [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/single/fma-podcast-suggestion-1/] by Stephan Siebert [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/] from the Free Music Archive [https://freemusicarchive.org/], CC BY-NC [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]

Ep. 93: Advent 4A (2025)

Having our walls crumble, our defenses lowered, our vulnerabilities exposed--these things can hurt and be scary. But how might they be opening us to blessing others and receiving blessings in return? Timestamps: 00:01 - title sequence 01:21 - What's on your mind? 07:53 - reading the Psalm 10:25 - commentary 31:45 - outro sequence Lectionary commentary for 4th Sunday of Advent in Year A (2025) Psalm 80:8-16 Hosts: Pastor Annemarie Hartner-Cook Pastor Rebecca Truland Music: London Calling [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Never_Sleep_-_Indie_Rock/London_Calling/] by Ryan Andersen [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/] FMA Podcast Suggestion [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/single/fma-podcast-suggestion-1/] by Stephan Siebert [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/] from the Free Music Archive [https://freemusicarchive.org/], CC BY-NC [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]

Ep. 92: Advent 2A (2025)

The psalm for this week has an interesting lectionary history, and the gap verses contain an important fulcrum for its meaning.  Timestamps: 00:01 - title sequence 01:21 - What's on your mind? 05:45 - reading the Psalm 08:37 - commentary 30:59 - outro sequence Lectionary commentary for 2nd Sunday of Advent in Year A (2025) Psalm 72:8-17 Hosts: Pastor Annemarie Hartner-Cook Pastor Rebecca Truland Music: London Calling [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Never_Sleep_-_Indie_Rock/London_Calling/] by Ryan Andersen [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/] FMA Podcast Suggestion [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/single/fma-podcast-suggestion-1/] by Stephan Siebert [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/] from the Free Music Archive [https://freemusicarchive.org/], CC BY-NC [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]

Ep. 91: Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (2025)

These two readings couldn't be more tonally different, but we still found it helpful to remember the poetic elements of the psalms and the original context of the New Testament epistles. Timestamps: 00:01 - title sequence 01:21 - What's on your mind? 07:31 - reading the Psalm 10:28 - commentary 17:45 - reading the 2 Thessalonians text 21:01 - commentary 40:01 - outro sequence Lectionary commentary for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (2025) Psalm 145:6-16 and 2 Thessalonians 2:6-12 Hosts: Pastor Annemarie Hartner-Cook Pastor Rebecca Truland Music: London Calling [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Never_Sleep_-_Indie_Rock/London_Calling/] by Ryan Andersen [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/] FMA Podcast Suggestion [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/single/fma-podcast-suggestion-1/] by Stephan Siebert [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/] from the Free Music Archive [https://freemusicarchive.org/], CC BY-NC [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]