The Revised Common Lectionary was first published for general use in 1992, prompting interest from pastors and students. Beginning in 1994 with HTTP protocols and the Mosaic Netscape browser, the internet became more easily viewable by the general…
The Revised Common Lectionary has expanded its readership over the last ten years, from 433,827 in the twelve months of May 2010-2011, to 1,222,465 for May 2019-2020. In the last year, the RCL has served up 8,111,595 page views, an increase of more…
One of the most interesting aspects of analytic tools for websites is the ability to see where our readers live. Not surprisingly, since the Revised Common Lectionary project was originally targeted for the United States and Canada, those…
The Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database is a regularly updated visual image internet resource. Designed for scholars, students, pastors, and religious educators, all of the images may be used for non-commercial purposes, with attribution.…
The texts of the Revised Common Lectionary Prayers have been made possible with the cooperation of the Consultation on Common Texts, the ecumenical authoring body for the Revised Common Lectionary, as well as the initiating body for the prayers. The…
The Revised Common Lectionary website provides iCalendar files of Weekly and Daily readings for personal calendars. iCalendar is a standard file format that all major calendaring applications support. The Calendar tool is widely enjoyed by the RCL…
JESUS MAFA is an artistic response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their…
John August SwansonÔÇÖs art reflects the strong heritage of storytelling he inherited from his Mexican mother and Swedish father. Fr. SwansonÔÇÖs narrative is direct and easily understood. He addresses human values, cultural roots, and the quest for…
The Macklin Bible is an enormous physical specimen of book art, comprising seven volumes two feet in height and over 130 pounds in weight. It represents the apogee of the art of British copper-plate engraving, involving both painters and engravers.…
Built from words written by users of the Revised Common Lectionary, this Word Cloud offers a sense of gratitude and appreciation:
art ÔÇô awesome ÔÇô beautiful ÔÇô Bible ÔÇô blessing ÔÇô calendar ÔÇô calming ÔÇô children ÔÇô Christ ÔÇô clear ÔÇô…