Joseph Models the Embrace of a Child Who is Radically Unlike Him

by Lauren F. Winner

Gospel Reading:  Matthew 1:18-25

For Sunday, December 22, 2013: Year A—Advent 4

My colleague Stanley Hauerwas is always saying something like “if you want to learn how to welcome...

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So Which Is It?

On what basis do we call an event “good” or “evil”?

 by Nadia Bolz-Weber

 Old Testament Reading: Genesis 50:15–21

 For Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 Year A—Ordinary 24

Daytime television has nothing on the...

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Insider/Outsider

Whose side are we on?

by Mike Stavlund

Old Testament Reading: Genesis 45:1-15

For Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011: Year A—Ordinary 20

It is a beloved theme in many of our films and plays and stories: the hand...

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