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February 2012

February 16, 2012

Mark 9:2-9: Visions of Jesus on the Mountain

By Barbara Kay Lundblad Is there room in our lives for visions we cannot explain?...

February 15, 2012

Mark 1:40-45: The Inconvenient Truth about Taking Care of the Poor

By Matthew L. Skinner Jesus was concerned about the very poor. I’m not trying to...

February 02, 2012

Isaiah 40:21-31: On Faith and Football

By Kathryn Schifferdecker “Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

Mark 1:21-28: The Need for Authentic Leadership

By Rev. Angela Zimmann Once every four years, it happens like clockwork: Primary Season, when...

January 19, 2012

Mark 1:14-20: A Call Worthy of Their Lives

By Greg Carey Readers almost always gravitate to the same question. Why do Simon and...

January 12, 2012

1 Samuel 3:1-20: Prayerful Listening, Prophetic Proclaiming

By Luke A. Powery This upcoming weekend leads into the day which celebrates the birthday...

January 06, 2012

Mark 1:4 – 11: Does Baptism Make for Better Presidents?

By Andy Watts Christians seem to have a genetic disposition for describing people and events...

January 03, 2012

Luke 2:22-40 – How Are We Caring for Our Children Today?

By Susan K. Hedahl The enactment of religious rituals for children in the Jewish faith...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

Luke 2:1-20 – The “Real” War on Christmas?

By Eric Barretto Our culture today is full of laments about the Christmas holiday. Some...

December 15, 2011

Luke 1:39-56: Magnificat for a Broken World

By Carolyn Sharp I left St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in New Haven with a soaring...

December 08, 2011

John 1:6-8; 19-28: Faith and Fear

By Thomas Long When Herman Cain, standing knee-deep in seawater, finally conceded what was obvious...

December 01, 2011

Mark 1:1-8: God Barges Into Our Lives

By Michael Joseph Brown Beginnings can be abrupt. Our minds tend to search, often in...

November 2011

November 24, 2011

Mark 13:24-37 – Advent: One of Those Dangerous Religious Ideas

By Matthew L. Skinner Here comes Black Friday, even earlier than usual. Bell-ringers are appearing...

November 17, 2011

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 – Failed Kings and the Good Shepherd

By Walter Brueggemann In Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Ezekiel ponders a) how his society has come...

November 14, 2011

Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18: The Great Day of the Lord Is Near

By Walter Brueggemann This poem features extravagant language about a coming time of loss, disaster,...

November 14, 2011

Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25

By Walter Brueggemann This week’s text, Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25, features a great dramatic meeting...

November 14, 2011

Jeremiah 31:31-34: The Oracle of Newness

By Walter Brueggemann Like other prophets before him, Jeremiah has spent ample shrill time and...

November 14, 2011

Matthew 22:34-46: On Loving God, Loving Neighbor and #OWS

By Jaime Clark-Soles I was 17 years old. This was Philosophy 101. There stood Dr....

November 14, 2011

Matthew 22:15-22: The Heavy Cost Of Paying “The Emperor”

By Matthew L. Skinner It couldn’t hurt for Jesus to show up and weigh in...

November 04, 2011

Matthew 22:1-11 – A Biblical Case of Class Warfare

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder In a recent town hall meeting a former Google executive asked...

November 04, 2011

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20: Ten Commandments – Rules and Regulations?

By Eric D. Barreto How many of the Ten Commandments can you name? If you...

November 02, 2011

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32: Prophetic Vision for a Just Economic Future

By Greg Carey Ezekiel speaks compellingly to the current situation in the United States. But...

November 02, 2011

Matthew 20:1-16: Justice Comes in the Evening

By Matthew L. Skinner

November 02, 2011

Exodus 14:19–31: Singing Through the Sorrow

By Barbara Kay Lundblad What is the text for this Sunday, September 11? The minister...

November 02, 2011

Matthew 18:15-20: Insiders and Outsiders

By Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman Matthew 18:15-20is an insider's text for outsiders. From Matthew's perspective,...

November 02, 2011

Matthew 16:21-28: Jesus Has No Part-Time

By Greg Carey Matthew 16:21-28 confronts us with the gap between Jesus’ gruesome fate and our...

November 02, 2011

Exodus 1:8-2:10: Faith in the Past, Present, and Future

By Eric D. Barreto Had fear prevailed, we would not know the name “Moses” today....

November 02, 2011

Matthew 15:21-28: Teaching Jesus

By Barbara Kay Lundblad This story in Matthew 15 is very troubling. A Canaanite woman...

November 02, 2011

Matthew 14:22-33: Faith within the Chaos

By Matthew L. Skinner In Matthew's Gospel, the story of Jesus walking on water morphs...

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