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September 2012

September 13, 2012

Sticks, Stones, and the Power of Words: James 3:1-12

By Rev. Dr. Eric D. Barreto Why do we repeat adages we know are false?...

September 06, 2012

Poverty, Wealth, and Equality? James 2:1-10, 11-13, 14-17

By Margaret Aymer Poor people. These are the two words underlying much of the political...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Lip Service – But Where Is the Heart?

By Dirk G. Lange Human beings want religion not God. Or, to put it slightly...

August 23, 2012

The Politics of Betrayal: John 6:56-69

By Karoline Lewis Broken Promises Imagine being introduced for the first time, not by your...

August 16, 2012

Who Will Be America’s Next Leader? I Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14

By Dr. Walter Brueggemann The old king, David, is dead. It is time to pick...

August 09, 2012

Not Another Bread Passage … Please! John 6:35, 41-51

By Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman Sometimes when I read a biblical text, it makes almost perfect...

August 02, 2012

Perilous Power: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a

By Rev. Dr. Eric D. Barreto Every Bible ought to have a warning on its...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

The Story of Patriarchy and HIV and AIDS: 2 Samuel 11:1-15

By Melissa Browning This past week, more than 20,000 people met in our nation’s capital...

July 18, 2012

Compassion Fatigue: Mark 6:30-34 & 53-56

By Rev. Eric C. Shafer August 2005. Hurricane Katrina had struck New Orleans and help...

July 12, 2012

The Downfall of Giving Into Fear: Mark 6:14-29

By Rev. James M. Childs John the Baptist was convicted, convinced of his ordination to...

July 04, 2012

No Priority Like Health, No Place Like Home: Mark 6:1-13

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder The reports are stunning! Due to the financial fiasco of 2008...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Taking Jesus Seriously: Mark 5:21-43

ByRev. Dr. Lewis Galloway The book of Ecclesiastes says that there is an appropriate time...

June 21, 2012

Lord of the Storm: Mark 4:35-41

By: Greg Carey On a first read, Mark 4:35-41 looks like a demonstration of Jesus’...

June 14, 2012

Pariahs No More: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

By Alvin Jackson Pariah is a noun -- a person without status, a rejected member...

June 07, 2012

What Makes a Family? (Mark 3:20-35)

By Matthew L. Skinner “Parents just don’t understand” might be an ever-present theme in popular...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

The Price of Being Prophetic: Isaiah 6.1–8; John 3.1–17

By Sze-kar Wan The recent escape of the well-known blind Chinese human rights lawyer Chen...

May 24, 2012

Acts 2:1-21, Think Differently About Difference

By Dr. Eric D. Barreto Christians have often hoped for a time when our racial...

May 17, 2012

Psalm 1: Putting Evil in Its Place

By Dr. Amy Erickson Psalm 1 begins and ends in a way that puts a...

May 10, 2012

Acts 10: 44-48: Holy Calamity

By Rev. David Lewicki We were warned. In the second chapter of the Book of...

May 03, 2012

Acts 8:26-40: Castrating Our Customs

By Rev. Adam J. Copeland Some people call them “thin places,” locations where the gulf...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

I John 3:16-24: The Love of God and the Needs of our Neighbors

By Eric D. Barreto The presidential election season is in full bloom. Political sniping will...

April 19, 2012

Luke 24:36b-48: A Welcoming Table

By Henry Brinton Everyone knows about Easter morning, when a group of women discover the...

April 12, 2012

John 20:19-31: Thomas > Doubt

By Lisa Hickman Thomas is permanently labeled a ‘doubter’ by two millennia of history books,...

April 05, 2012

Beyond Fear and Silence: Mark 16:1-8

By Barbara K. Lundblad This story leaves us wondering and longing for more. Mark’s Easter...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Mark 14:1-15:47: What Jesus’ Death Tells Us About Ourselves

By Mathew Skinner The Trayvon Martin story is tragic for many reasons. We see one...

March 21, 2012

John 12:20 – 33: Who am I?

ByDirk G. Lange One of the issues that follows us throughout life is that of...

March 15, 2012

John 3:14-21: Bouncers and the “In” Crowd

By Rev. Margaret Aymer Who's in? Who's out? Groups that are trying to protect themselves...

March 08, 2012

John 2:13-22: Where Can God Be Found?

By Matthew L. Skinner Maybe the most divisive religious statements are the ones that make...

March 01, 2012

Genesis 17:1-7, 5-16 and Mark 8:31-38: God the Game-Changer

ByMichael Cooper-White Among the horde of authors and consultants who address the elusive subject of...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Mark 1:9-11: The Pleasure Principle

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder I must admit the title of this article refers me to...

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