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Suggested Texts for Sunday, August 23rd - Proper 16
You can search: Sermons, illustrations, commentary, children's material, etc.
Click it and choose a category
Search by keyword, scripture, or a lectionary year (A, B, or C). The rest of the bar reshapes to accommodate your pick.
Click it and choose a method
This area adapts to your choice made in #2. After completion click SEARCH.
Keyword — type any word or phrase
Scripture — pick a book, chapter, and verse
Lectionary Year — choose the Sunday or festival
Under the Search bar you'll always see the four readings for the coming Sunday. Click any one to go straight to its resources — no typing needed. Click the gold Proper 16 (or whatever week it is this week) to pull up at once all the Sermon Prep for this week.
Suggested Texts for Sunday, August 23rd - Proper 16
When typing in the Keyword box you can use abbreviations. Almost any abbreviation will work. Typing a scripture abbreviation works like this:
Notice that spaces and capitalization are not necessary — so you can type gn1 or Gen 1. The drop-down appears once you've typed the chapter. Also you can type seasons of the lectionary to see a list. Example: typing “advent” will cause the 4 weeks of advent to drop down.
A few time-savers
• A Blank search: in Keyword mode clicking SEARCH jumps to this Sunday's readings automatically.
• Chapter only: pick a book and chapter, skip the verse, to search the whole chapter.
• Bookmarks New!: save anything you find so it's one click away next time.