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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Do you remember Midge?

by Lauren Winner

Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-45

For Sunday, December 23, 2012: Year C—Advent 4

Do you remember Midge? She is Barbie’s best friend, and for a while she was pregnant, but her pregnancy...

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Lechem Dimah

by Lauren Winner

Psalm Reading:  Psalm 80

For Sunday, December 23, 2012: Year C—Advent 4

I once dated a man who did not believe I was upset unless I started crying. I could tell him I was upset, I...

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Simeon’s Faithful Proclamation

Simeon saw salvation in a very unlikely source.

by Lauren F. Winner

Gospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40

Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012: Year B - First Sunday of Christmas

So much is going on in this passage.

In case...

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Thessalonian Comfort

Do Paul’s words still solace today?

by Lauren F. Winner

Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

For Sunday, November 6, 2011: Year A - Ordinary 32

Someone in the Thessalonian community died before...

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