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Real World: Galilee

September 9, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

by Mike Baughman

Epistle Reading: Mark 8:27-38

For Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 24

Chances are at some point in your life, you found yourself sucked into an episode or two of The Real World

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Jesus Getting Caught with His Compassion Down

September 2, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

by Carl Gregg

Gospel Reading: Mark 7:24-37

For Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012: Year B — Ordinary 23

Letty Russell, in Church in the Round, described Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenician woman as the case...

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External Rituals of the Elite

August 27, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Mark 7:1-8, 14-5, 21-23

For Sunday, Sept. 2 , 2012—Ordinary 22

How many of us will preach this text with the assumption that we and our congregations are the...

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Bad Girl of the Bible? Or Bad King?

July 8, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

A veritable Bad Girls of the Bible-fest.

by Lia Scholl

Gospel Reading: Mark 6:14-29

For Sunday, July 15, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 15

The life of Herod Antipas sounds like an episode of Jerry Springer....

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Butt-Naked

July 1, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Jesus’ Call for Authentic Ministry.

by Neal D. Presa

Gospel Reading: Mark 6:1-13

For Sunday, July 8, Year B − Ordinary 14

Preachers, you know what I’m talking about when I say how different it is...

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Sense My Body

June 24, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

"Reach out and touch—faith!"

by Clint Schnekloth

Gospel Reading: Mark 5:21-43

For Sunday, July 1, 2012: Year B - Ordinary 13

There is a lot of touching going on here, a lot of sheer physicality.

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Bailing Buckets

June 17, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Sometimes Jesus gets grouchy.

by Mike Baughman

Gospel Reading: Mark 4:35-41

For Sunday, June 24, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 12

For most pastors, this is an easy Sunday. They flip open to Mark 4, see that...

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Where Are the Birds?

June 11, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

What will it take to get them to nest in our branches?

by Christian Walther

Gospel Reading: Mark 4:26–34

For Sunday, June 17, 2012: Year B - Ordinary 11

Did I feel guilty moving into a brand spanking...

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Which Madness Will You Chose?

June 3, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Is there any sanity in this text or is it an invitation to madness?

by Roy M. Terry IV

Gospel Reading: Mark 3:20-35

For Sunday, June 10, 2012: Year B − Ordinary 10

It is hard to differentiate the...

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Look, But Don't Touch?

April 1, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

What about anointing the body?

by Unvirtuous Abbey

Gospel Reading: Mark 16: 1-8

For Sunday, April 9, 2012: Year B – Easter Sunday

The most hopeful woman I know has a head full of brain tumours. Yet,...

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