One pastor's experience with Year D
Daniel Mayes is a Disciples of Christ pastor. He did his D.Min. at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, where Timothy Slemmons—creator of the Year D project, which I wrote about for the Century—was one of his advisors. Mayes’s church, First Christian Church of Spencer, Iowa, has been using Year D in worship throughout the current liturgical year. I asked him a few questions about how it’s gone.
Why did you decide to try Year D? Do you share some of Timothy Slemmons's criticisms of the Revised Common Lectionary?
When I was studying under Slemmons, he shared with us his idea for Year D. I recalled all the times I had taken particular notice of texts that are skipped over in the RCL. It was always a burning question in my mind: Why leave this part out?
