Notes on the lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page. And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength,…
Lincoln Anderson is the Deacon at The Good Shepherd Anglican Church, which serves the Opelika-Auburn, AL, area. After faithfully serving the Church for many years in various volunteer lay capacities while working in IT by day, Lincoln began discerning a call to ordained ministry in 2015 and was ordained to the diaconate in 2021. He married his wife, Claire, in 2016, and in 2020 they had their first child, James.
Your Faith has made you well
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” And Jesus said…
The Cup that I Drink
Gospel Reading for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 10:35-45 Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will…
The Eye of the Needle
Gospel Reading for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Mark 10:17-31 Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his…
Do Not Hinder Them
Gospel Reading for the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Mark 10:2-16 Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I…
It is Better – Gospel Reading for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 9:38-48
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it…
What Were You Discussing on the Way? Gospel Reading for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 9:30-37
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the…
Help My Unbelief! Gospel Reading for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 9:14-29
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:23–24, ESV) There are some stories that I am immensely…
What is “Notes on the Lectionary”?
Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary We want to create an icebreaker for someone who is reading the Lectionary and wants to engage with what the Church has appointed for a particular Sunday. This is whether you never intend to preach, are just starting out preaching, or have been preaching for a while. From now…
Be Opened! Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Mark 7:31-37
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary Gospel Reading for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Mark 7:31-37 “And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha,’ that is, ‘Be opened.’ And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.” (Mark 7:34–35…
