Churchtopia

Is the Appeal to a Golden Age a Recipe for Disaster?

by Rev. Mark Stenberg, Ph.D.

New Testament Reading: Acts 4:32-35

For Sunday, April 15, 2012: Year B—Easter 2

"There was not any needy person among...

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Not So Fast

Subcultural Dialogues About Easter

by Unvirtuous Abbey

New Testament Reading: Acts 10:34-43

For Sunday, April 9, 2012: Year B – Easter Sunday

Graffiti has existed since ancient times. Though there...

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The Narrowing of the Gospel

Why are there four Gospels, but only one Acts?

by Russell Rathbun

First  Reading: Acts 2:1-21

For Sunday, June 12 , 2011: Year A - Day of Pentecost

The church is born fifty days after the...

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Ascension: The Great Day of Honesty

If Jesus is making a way for us, are we following it?

by Danielle Shroyer

New Testament Reading: Acts 1:6-14

For Sunday, June 5, 2011  Year AEaster 7

There are some stories in Scripture that veer...

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Jesus is More Unknown the Immediately Recognizable

Is Jesus more unknown God than immediately recognizable Cultural Jesus?

by Russell Rathbun

First Reading: Acts 17:22-31

For Sunday, May 29 , 2011: Year A - Easter 6

House of Mercy, the church my...

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Stephen the Martyr

Do we know a martyr when we see one?

by Tripp Hudgins

New Testament Reading:  Acts 7:55-60  

For Sunday, May 22, 2011:  Year A - Easter 5

Mr. Spock, in the second of the Star Trek films sacrifices...

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The Utopian Church

What does Acts tell us about what the church should look like today? Anything?

by Russell Rathbun

First Reading: Acts 2:42-47

For Sunday, May 15 , 2011: Year A - Easter 4

Sometimes the Hardest...

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Finding a New Lead-Off Hitter

How am I subverting God’s subversion of exclusivity?

by Dave Buerstetta

New Testament Reading: Acts 10:34-43

For Sunday, Apr. 24, 2011: Year A – Resurrection of Our Lord

With all due respect (isn’t...

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