At Storied, we use the Narrative Lectionary.
The Narrative Lectionary is a four-year cycle of readings that invites the listener to hear the voices of struggle and success found in scripture from creation to new creation.
Old Testament
Genesis
402 - Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14
Binding of Isaac
301 - Genesis 2:4-7, 15-17; 3:1-8
Creation and Fall
303 - Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-34; 50:15-21
God works through Joseph
302 - Genesis 15:1-6
God's Promise to Abraham
203 - Genesis 32:9-13, 22-30
Jacob Wrestles with God and Lives to Tell About It
101 - Genesis 6:5-22; 8:6-12; 9:8-17
Noah and the Flood
202 - Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7
The Birth of Isaac and Incredible Hospitality
102 - Genesis 12:1-9
The Call of Abraham
201 - Genesis 2:4b-25
The Garden of Eden and the Gift Of Naming
Exodus
1 Samuel
1 Kings
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
New Testament
Matthew
119 - Matthew 1:1-17
Genealogy of Jesus
139 - Matthew 28:1-10
Gospel of Matthew - Resurrection
121 - Matthew 3:1-17
Jesus' Baptism: Matthew
119 - Matthew 1:18-25
Jesus as Immanuel
127 - Matthew 14:13-33
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
122 - Matthew 4:1-17
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
120 - Matthew 2:1-23
Magi Visit
Mark
Luke
217 - Luke 2:1-14, 15-20; 1:46-55
Birth of Jesus
216 - Luke 1:5-13, 14-25, 57-80
God in the Silence - Zechariah's Song of Praise
326 - Luke 7:18–35
Jesus and John the Baptist
316 - Luke 1:26-45
Jesus' Birth Announced
317 - Luke 2:8-20
Shepherds Visit
331 - Luke 10:25-42
The Good Samaritan
334 - Luke 16:19-31
Parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus
329 - Luke 9:28–45
Transfiguration
325 - Luke 7:11-17
The Widow at Nain
335 - Luke 18:31-19:10
Zacchaeus: The Crowd vs Jesus
339 - Luke 24:1-12
Resurrection For the Here and Now
John
420 - John 1:35-51
Come and See
431 - John 11: 1-44
Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
438 - John 19:31-42
Jesus is condemned
421 - Luke 7:11-17
Jesus turns water into wine
432 - John 13:1-17
Jesus washes the disciples feet
439 - John 20:1-18
Mary Magdalene encounters the Resurrected Jesus
423 - John 3:1-21
Nicodemus and the question of being born again?
436 - John 12:12-27, John 19:16-22
The Crucified Messiah
421 - John 2:1-11
Water into Wine
416 - John 1:1-18
Word made Flesh
440 - John 20:19-31
Thomas