The Curse of the Really Great Text

by Mark Stenberg

Gospel Reading: Mark 10:35-45

For Sunday, October 21, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 29

So very often the hard questions come easy. But this text has so much beauty and subversive grace, so...

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A Preacher with Unclean Lips

Redemption for God’s mouthpiece.

by Mike Stavlund

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8

For Sunday, June 3, 2012: Year B—Trinity Sunday

On Trinity Sunday, the Lectionarians are showing us the wider...

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Confidence and Cowardice in a Time of Fear

Is an understanding of our fear necessary for confession?

by Russell Rathbun

Psalm Reading: Psalm 27

For Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011: Year A - Epiphany 3

What are you afraid of? Spiders, the dark,...

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