December 30, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
When the Rabbi’s read they walk into the text. They bring themselves to it and step across the edge of the scroll, jump up onto its body, bouncing a little, believing it will hold their weight. And...
May 13, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
by Danielle Shroyer
New Testament Reading: Acts 2:1-21
For Sunday, May 19, 2013: Year C—Pentecost
I’ll be straight with you: Pentecost is my favorite Christian day. So please excuse me while I hop up...
May 6, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
New Testament Reading: Acts 16:16-34
For Sunday, May 12, 2013—Easter 7
Wow. This is a pretty exciting story, like worthy of the Homer. It even takes place in the same region as...
April 29, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
by MaryAnn McKibben Dana
New Testament Reading: Acts 16:9-15
For Sunday, May 5, 2013—Easter 6
I’m intrigued by this text as the story of Christianity coming to Europe. For congregations like mine,...
April 8, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
By Debbie Blue
New Testament Reading: Act 9: 1-6 (7-20)
For Sunday, April 4, 2013: Year C—Easter 3
It's Influential Man Sunday, with Peter and Paul as the focal characters.
The texts for today could...
April 1, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
New Testament Reading: Acts 5: 27-32
For Sunday, April 7, 2013: Year C—Easter 2
In this week’s episode of the Revised Common Lectionary, Peter and the increasingly emboldened...
January 6, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
New Testament Reading: Acts 8:4-17
For Sunday, January 13, 2013: Year C—Baptism of our Lord
What were the good folks on the Revised Common Lectionary committee thinking? What a...
May 21, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
by Neal D. Presa
New Testament Reading: Acts 2:1-21
For Sunday, May 27, Year B − Pentecost
We would expect no less from God than purely phenomenal, surreal,...
April 30, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
New Testament Reading: Acts 8:26-40
For Sunday, May 6, 2012 Year B—Easter 5
In my childhood Bible, this text was titled “The Conversion of the...
April 15, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
By Nanette Sawyer
New Testament Reading: Acts 3:12-21
For Sunday, April 22, 2012: Year B—Easter 3
After Jesus had ascended and the Holy Spirit had descended, the disciples...