Justice Delayed 1.0

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading (Take 1): Luke 24:1-12

For Sunday, March 31, 2013—Easter Sunday

It is Easter, and you are loved. The soft insistence of Love has overwhelmed all other...

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Look, But Don't Touch?

What about anointing the body?

by Unvirtuous Abbey

Gospel Reading: Mark 16: 1-8

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

The most hopeful woman I know has a head full of brain tumours. Yet,...

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The Result of Revolution

Did Jesus understand the universal implications of his death, and does it matter?

by Lia Scholl

Gospel Reading: John 12:20-33

For Sunday, March 25, 2012: Year B—Lent 5

The Gospel lesson for the Fifth...

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Nic at Night

Does the Gospel include God’s past deeds being exposed to the light as well our own?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading:  John 3:14-21

For Sunday, March 18, 2012—Lent 4

The state of humanity is snake...

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Thessalonian Comfort

Do Paul’s words still solace today?

by Lauren F. Winner

Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

For Sunday, November 6, 2011: Year A - Ordinary 32

Someone in the Thessalonian community died before...

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Salvation and Fear and Jesus’ Ghost

How Can We Preach this Tired Story in a Way That People Can Hear it?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-33

For Sunday, August 7 , 2011: Year A—Ordinary 19

This story is about, well,...

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I’m Sorry, Did You Say Something?

The adventure of listening for God in the midst the sounds of world.

by Bruce Reyes-Chow

 Gospel Reading:  Matthew 11:16-19,25-30

For Sunday, July 3, 2011: Year A - Ordinary 14

I am notorious for...

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Circuitous Story

Isn’t it wiser to accept the inevitable? 

by Mike Stavlund 

Gospel Reading:  John 11:1-45

For Sunday, Apr. 10, 2011:  Year A - Lent 5  

I've always been a Matthew Man. My beloved Gospel writer is...

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Foreshadowing

Is our flesh so bad?

by Mike Stavlund 

Epistle Reading:  Romans 8:6-11

For Sunday, Apr. 10, 2011:  Year A - Lent 5  

Resurrection is everywhere this week. Lazarus rises, the Psalmist cries out from...

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Renounce the Delusion

Can we experience the Lenten journey if we think we already know where it ends?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

For Sunday, April 3, 2011: Year A - Lent 4

The Lord really...

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