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Fortune Cookie Gospel?

Can fortune cookie advice or a Woody Allen quote be a sacred text?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 25:6-7a

For Sunday, August 29, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 22

Do not put yourself...

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Bent

What does it mean that she is bent over?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17

For Sunday, August 22, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 21

What does it mean that, “She was bent over?” Does the...

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Consumer God

Are desire and fear the foundations of faith?

by Russell Rathbun

Epistle Reading: Hebrews 12:18-29

For Sunday, August 22, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 21

God first speaks to Moses as the fire that burns,...

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This Week’s Video Response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPK99itSDTo

In Archived Video

The Grand Paradox

Who are we? Who was he as one of us?

by Phyllis Tickle

Psalm Reading: Psalm 82

For Sunday, August 15, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 20

I have never understood the Psalms, which statement is of the “take...

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Act as Do Those Who Understand

What does it burn? When? And, most obscurely, why?

by Phyllis Tickle

Gospel Reading: Luke 12:49–56

For Sunday, August 15, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 20

Even as he speaks the horrific words of this text...

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Year C: Ordinary 19 Video Post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9rnhMjzFYU

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God-with-a-Goody-Bag

Wait just a minute. Is Jesus trying to take stuff away or give it?

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Gospel Reading: Luke 12:32–40

For Sunday, August 8, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 19

Let's try and meet some...

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Faith or Insanity?

What separates the great heroes of the faith from those who got it wrong?

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Old Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-6

For Sunday, August 8, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 19

It can be...

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