You Don’t Take Pentecost Seriously

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...

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Making Friends with Strange Cats

by Unvirtuous Abbey

Old Testament Reading:  2 Samuel 23:1-7

For Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012—Christ the King Sunday

During a senate debate, Richard Mourdock said, “I think even when life begins in that...

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This is No Man after God’s Heart

Old Testament Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-15

For Sunday, July 29, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 17

The David and Bathsheba debacle is a terrible story.

It’s a tragedy of epic proportions. And worse, it’s a story...

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Michal

Literary Tool, Nagging Wife, or Real Person?

by Lia Scholl

Old Testament Reading: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

For Sunday, July 15, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 15

I sat in a Southern congregation on Mother’s...

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Ruddy, yes...

...but YWWH likes him too.

by Christian Walther

Old Testament Reading: 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13

For Sunday, June 17, 2012: Year B - Ordinary 11

Size doesn’t matter—or maybe it really does. Beauty is only...

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The Temple We Build

Will we embrace the struggle of faith and those times when it feels like the pain will not end?

by Bruce Reyes-Chow

Psalm: Psalm 30

For Sunday, July 4, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 14

At the risk of my...

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