The Real Palm Sunday

by Danielle Shroyer

New Testament Reading:  Revelation 7:9-17

For Sunday, April 21, 2013: Year C—Easter 4

I know it’s a long-standing Christian tradition to bring out palm branches for Palm Sunday,...

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Questioners, Beware

by Danielle Shroyer

Gospel Reading:  John 10:22-30

For Sunday, April 21, 2013: Year C—Easter 4

Sometimes, less is more.

In this conversation between Jesus and the Jews gathered in the Temple, I think...

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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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Justice Delayed 2.0

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading (Take 2): Luke 24:1-12

For Sunday, March 31, 2013—Easter Sunday

Luke’s Jesus said more than he would rise on the third day rise again. Jesus said he came to let the...

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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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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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Hoping and Seeing: There’s No Sibling Rivalry Here

Why on earth do we think seeing hopes fulfilled would remove our hope?

by Danielle Shroyer

Epistle Reading: Romans 8:12-25

For Sunday, July 17, 2011: Year A—Ordinary 16

Oh, Paul. You do love run-on...

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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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Incarnation, Revelation or Disorientation

Why Didn’t They Recognize Jesus?

by Carol Howard Merritt

Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35

For Sunday, May 8, 2011: Year A - Easter 3

I was reaching for the handle of the lobby door when I saw the back...

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No Body Loves Me

How do we preach our faith as physical and alive when the Body we are supposed to love is nowhere to be found?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31

For Sunday, May 1 , 2011: Year A -...

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