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Promises and Apocalypses: The Lectionary for the 25th...

  1 Samuel 1:4-20 and/or Daniel 12:1-3 What It’s About: These are both... read more


Widows and Gifts: The Lectionary for the 24th...

  Ruth 3:1-5, 13-17 and/or 1 Kings 17:8-16 What It’s About: These are... read more


Past, Present, and Future: The Lectionary for P+23,...

There are so many ways to go this week! There is a... read more


Stop Saying "Everything Happens for a Reason": The...

  Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and/or Jeremiah 37:7-14 What It’s About: Both of these... read more


Power and Suffering: The Lectionary for the Twenty-First...

  Job 38:1-7 and/or Isaiah 53:4-12 What It’s About: The Job text... read more


The Works of God and the Way God...

  Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and/or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 What It’s About: The Job... read more


World Communion Sunday: The Lectionary for the Nineteenth...

  Job 1:1, 2:1-10 or Genesis 2:18-24  What It’s About: This is a really... read more


Strangers and Communities: The Lectionary for the Eighteenth...

  Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22 What It’s About: This is the story... read more


Wisdom (and Not): The Lectionary for the Seventeenth...

  Proverbs 31:10-31 What It’s About: This is that famous passage of Proverbs... read more


Wisdom and Her Uses: The Lectionary for the...

  Proverbs 1:20-33 or Isaiah 50:4-9 What It’s About: These are two very different... read more



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