Lectionary Lab Live

Lec Lab Live #103 (January 25, 20153

It's the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, and Delmer will not be singing a duet with Paul McCartney any time soon. However, there are great texts to be discussed, and Sir Paul joins his Beatles bandmates for our musical finale, A Hard Day's Night.

Lec Lab Live #102 (January 18, 2015)

For the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, the texts range from the call of young Samuel in the Temple to an honest encounter with the skeptical Nathanael underneath a fig tree. Good stuff here! Musical guests are Bill and Gloria Gaither and Friends singing Yes, Lord, Yes. Soloist is Jessie Dixon. 

Lec Lab Live #101 (January 11, 2015)

For this Sunday known as The Baptism of the Lord, John and Delmer hold forth (without fighting) on the meaning of this most central act of Jesus' life -- and our faith. Guest musician is Nina Simone, singing Take Me to the Water. 

Lec Lab Live #100 (for January 4, 2015)

Shazaam...and it's a whole new year! Time for the Second Sunday after Christmas with Two Bubbas and a Bible. We are awfully proud to feature a new look for the podcast on this, our 100th episode! Special guests today include K'naan with his hip-hop version of In the Beginning, and Katie Mae Fairless, who will be assisting her granddaddy with the sign-off. 

Lec Lab Live #99 (for December 28, 2014)

For the First Sunday after Christmas, the Bubbas are out of the pulpit but always ready to talk texts anyway! Special musical guest is Simeon, giving us his famous Nunc Dimittis as scored by Gyorgy Orban and voiced by the Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble. 

Lec Lab Live #98 (for December 21, 2014)

Ready or not, the Fourth Sunday of Advent is here! John and Delmer ponder in their hearts the meaning of these scriptures -- they are awesome! (The scriptures, not the Bubbas...) Special musical guests include Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern performing the Marvin Hamlisch arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon, from the soundtrack of the movie Ordinary People.

Lec Lab Live #97 (for December 14, 2014)

On this Third Sunday of Advent, Bubba and Bubba find lots to think about for preaching the good news. Contemporary Christian artist Lauren Daigle performs a nice, new tune: Light of the World.

Lec Lab Live #96 (for December 7, 2014)

We are approaching the Second Sunday in Advent and there are great texts to discuss. Musical guests are The Original Carter Family, who sing their mega-smash hit, Can the Circle Be Unbroken?

Lec Lab Live #95 (for November 30, 2014)

As the new church year begins, the Bubbas talk about the texts for the First Sunday of Advent. We host the return of the Antrim Mennonite Singers performing the great gospel classic, composed by Jeremiah Rankin in 1880, Till We Meet Again.

On a personal note, there's a reason our show begins each week with Momma Told Me, by Frank Enea; both of us love and value what our mothers have given us -- life, love, and a swift whack on the backside, dispensed as needed. Delmer's momma, Dorothy Hubbard Chilton, went home to be with the Lord this week and our hearts are with all the family. There will be stirring and fitting tributes offered to Delmer's momma; we add this week's closing song in memoriam for a fine, Christian woman.

Lec Lab Live #94 (for November 23, 2014)

The final Sunday of Year A brings us The Reign of Christ, also known as the Sunday of Christ, the King. The Bubbas hold forth on the texts, as usual. In a bit of frivolity to celebrate the occasion, musical guests are Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley performing a selection from The King and I.