November 5, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
by Mike Stavlund
Old Testament Reading: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
For Sunday, November 11, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 32
As the father of three girls, and the husband of yet another woman, I am perhaps becoming...
October 29, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Gospel Reading: Mark 12:28-34
For Sunday, November 4, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 31
When I really look very closely at my congregants, I see that we are a hippie church. Peace, love and...
October 29, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Old Testament Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-9
For Sunday, November 4, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 31
When I was in high school, I was in a DiscipleNow group. We had a weekend retreat, followed by...
October 22, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Old Testament Reading: Job 42:1-6, 10-17
For Sunday, October 28, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 30
I saw the young man in the fall. He looked like a well-equipped urban hiker, getting...
October 22, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Gospel Reading: Mark 10:46-52
For Sunday, October 28, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 30
My father and I entered a huge concrete block building, crowded with people. My dad didn’t use a...
October 14, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Old Testament Reading: Job 38:1-7
For Sunday, October 21, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 29
If you consider Job a formal theodicy that gives definitive, systematic answers about evil, Satan,...
October 14, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
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...
October 7, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 4:12-16
For Sunday, October 14, 2012 Year B—Ordinary 28
Lutherans don’t show up to church carrying their Bibles. At first I thought this was weird because...
October 7, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Gospel Reading: Mark 10:17-31
For Sunday, October 14, 2012 Year B—Ordinary 28
What must I do to inherit eternal life? asks the rich man.
This text always makes me roll my eyes a...
October 1, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 2:18-24
For Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012—Ordinary 27
People feel very passionate about marriage. Not their own marriage, of course, other people’s...
