Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Dare I Shoot Isaiah’s Arrows?

by Jennifer Johnson

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 49: 1-7

For Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011:Year A - Epiphany 2

As a seminary student, I lapped up the call stories in Scripture...

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Conspiracy of Unkindness

Are we too demanding of God's delivery of peace when we're so full of rebellion?

by Mike Stavlund

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 63: 7-9

For Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010: Year A - First Sunday After Christmas

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God with Us Revisited

How do you live when wrath is no longer an option?

By Sonja Olson

Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25

For Sunday, December 19, 2010: Year A – Fourth Sunday of Advent

It’s strange when the Bible...

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God with Us

Does God’s presence require both salvation and destruction?

By Sonja Olson

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 7:10-17

For Sunday, December 19, 2010: Year A – Fourth Sunday of Advent

If God is with us,...

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A Way Without Violence

Does redeeming the violence of God in the text take precedence over all other interpretive proclamation?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10

For Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010: Year A -...

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This Branch Is Slower than Christmas

Why is the stump of Jesse taking so long to fill the whole world with the knowledge of God?

by Danielle Shroyer

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10

For Sunday, December 5, 2010 Year A - Advent 2

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Attack Drones into Solar Arrays?

Is it better to preach the promise of peace or to proclaim the reality of its long-standing absence?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5

For Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010: Year C - Advent...

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Seriously, Isaiah?

Where do we draw the line between prophet and lunatic?

by Jake Bouma

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:10-18

For Sunday, October 31, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 31

Well, this is certainly a hell of a way...

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