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2021-03-25T13:56:20-05:00

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Why Anti-Trans Legislation Exemplifies the Perversion of Christianity

Last updated on: March 25, 2021 at 1:56 pm By Clint Schnekloth

The anti-trans legislation moving forward in multiple states across this country (here in Arkansas it’s already arrived at the desk of the governor) is predicated primarily on the notion that religious freedoms need to be protected. These poor doctors and insurance companies: if we don’t pass laws to protect them, they might have to provide care or fund services they disagree with on religious grounds… Poor souls. So let’s talk about this. I think we can start by simply pointing... Read more

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2021-03-15T18:43:58-05:00

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Paul’s Corinthians Correspondence Post-Pandemic

Last updated on: March 15, 2021 at 6:43 pm By Clint Schnekloth

Somewhat infamously, the early Christian Corinth congregation had communion issues. Perhaps the most famous phrase in Paul’s letters about their meal practices is this one: For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves (1 Corinthians 11:29) Now, when I was in elementary school it was drummed into me that “discerning the body” meant “believing in the real presence of Jesus in, with, and under the bread and the wine.” Except it doesn’t... Read more

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2021-02-27T12:36:38-05:00

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The Black Panthers and the Gospel of Mark

Last updated on: February 27, 2021 at 12:36 pm By Clint Schnekloth

I just finished watching Judas and the Black Messiah yesterday, and I’m also reading the new, and incredibly moving The Black Panthers: A Graphic Novel History, so of course I’m thinking of the life of Fred Hampton in light of the gospel for this Sunday. At one point, in a conversation with the mother of his as yet unborn child Deborah Johnson, and fresh out of prison, he says to her, “When I dedicated my life to the people, I... Read more

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2021-02-11T21:24:57-05:00

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The Transfiguration Of Jesus and Chiastic Structures

Last updated on: February 11, 2021 at 9:24 pm By Clint Schnekloth

This Sunday we celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain (Mark 9:2-8). There’s a lot to be said about the story itself, and we’ll focus on the events of the Transfiguration this Sunday in worship, but here I’d like to help us see how the Transfiguration is not just a peak or mountain top experience, but is actually told at the peak of the gospel of Mark itself. And why that matters. In Scripture, as well as in much... Read more

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2021-02-05T19:37:08-05:00

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A brief but lovely addition to the Apostles’ Creed

Last updated on: February 5, 2021 at 7:37 pm By Clint Schnekloth

Here’s an interesting proposal, and something we’re going to begin incorporating into Sunday worship. For quite a while now, theologians have noted that a basic problem presented in the historic creeds (Athanasian, Nicene, Apostles’) is the absence of any content related either to a) God’s life with Israel, and b) the life of Jesus between birth and crucifixion. One of the most concise and lovely proposals for what to insert into the creed comes from Jürgen Moltmann. He... Read more

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2021-01-31T18:07:12-05:00

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A Sermon For Reconciling In Christ Sunday At Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Fayetteville Arkansas

Last updated on: January 31, 2021 at 6:07 pm By Clint Schnekloth

Preached January 31st by Catelyn Gibbs I want to begin by saying that I very much want to celebrate my queerness today and this congregation’s acceptance of me and others like me; that acceptance is truly a gift that this congregation holds out to our community. But I think that in order to properly celebrate something, the object of celebration must first be intimately understood. So I have two notes to give you beforehand. First, much of what I am... Read more

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2021-01-28T22:17:07-05:00

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Our Church Council Reflects On Being “Lutheran”

Last updated on: January 28, 2021 at 10:17 pm By Clint Schnekloth

The pastor sends a late night text: Wild hair thought for your Tuesday morning: I wonder if our church name, Good Shepherd Lutheran, actually had any legit or accurate meaning in 2021. Like, you’ve heard of us and even may be a member, but does the Lutheran part do or mean something to you? I have begun to think that another word might serve better… Good Shepherd Ecumenical, or Good Shepherd Peoples’ Church. Nothing against Lutheran theology but I wonder... Read more

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2021-01-28T10:52:41-05:00

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Queering Christianity | Reconciling Sunday Edition

Last updated on: January 28, 2021 at 10:52 am By Clint Schnekloth

As a progressive Christian of the Lutheran variety, I’m often contemplating what it means to be the kind of Christian I am. One of the accusations frequently leveled against progressive Christians by other Christians is that we are simply conforming to this world rather than being transformed by the gospel of Christ. So quite a lot of our communication is rearguard action, trying to defend against such critique. People will say, for example, “You welcome gay people at your church,... Read more

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2021-01-20T15:00:09-05:00

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An Analysis Of The ELCA Future Church Design

Last updated on: January 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm By Clint Schnekloth

I came of age in the church of the 80s and attended seminary mostly in the 90s. This means I sat through more than my fair share of interminable congregational meetings writing church mission statements, almost all of which had the word “grow” somewhere included. These meetings were well-intentioned. Inspired by the development strategies of “successful” corporations, these predominately middle class churches were just doing what a lot of their parishioners were doing at work: rolling out five year strategies,... Read more

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2020-12-29T17:49:25-05:00

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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Last updated on: December 29, 2020 at 5:49 pm By Clint Schnekloth

Although Martin Luther King Jr. was certainly deserving of a federal holiday, it had the effect of quieting the national perception of his radicalism. Peniel Joseph’s double-biography of Malcolm X and Dr. King is all the more important, then, because in a concise, readable, and well-argued fashion, it makes the case both that King was far more radical than he is given credit, and this because the false juxtaposition of Malcolm and Martin itself needs repair. Let’s start with the... Read more

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