A few years back, Tom Bandy put out a book titled "The Uncommon Lectionary." It wasn't meant as a replacement for the Common Lectionary but as a companion resource. While the Common Lectionary assigns specific scriptures to each holy day, the Uncommon Lectionary assigns a block of text to a week, focusing on a main idea of the scripture. It also is tied to the events and holidays of the secular calendar that we all live our lives by.
With the new year, I have decided to use the Uncommon Lectionary as my study guide for the year. A copy of the basic lectionary can be downloaded here. There is a lectionary for worship & preaching and a companion lectionary for leadership. The January worship & preaching lectionary starts off with Genesis, chapters 1 and 2, focusing on the Creation while the leadership scripture is Acts 17.
As I use the Uncommon Lectionary for personal study, I will continue to use the Common Lectionary for worship preparation. It will be interesting to see how this will work.
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