Visiting Prisons

by Lauren Winner

Gospel Reading: Luke 4:14-21

For Sunday, January 27, 2013: Year C—Epiphany 3

I am writing this from the classroom of a women’s prison in central North Carolina. The classroom is in a...

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Omnipotent Coercion

Did God kill Jesus or not?

By Nanette Sawyer

New Testament Reading: Acts 3:12-21

For Sunday, April 22, 2012: Year B—Easter 3

After Jesus had ascended and the Holy Spirit had descended, the disciples...

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Hungry and Free

Is it better to die . . .?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: Exodus 16:2-15

For Sunday, Sept. 18 , 2011: Year A—Ordinary 25

Not included in the most commonly known stories of the deliverance...

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Servant or Child?

How Do We Understand Our Relationship With God?

by Carol Howard Merritt

Psalm Reading: Psalm 116

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

I read The Handmaid's Tale when I was in college. I’m a...

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