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On Being the King’s Ass

February 12, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Light shoots out of the darkest places.

by Rev. Mike Baughman

Epistle Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

For Sunday, February, 19th: Year B—Transfiguration Sunday

It’s pretty popular to beat up on the...

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Professor McGonagall Sunday?

February 12, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

There’s something kind of violent about transforming someone

by Rev. Mike Baughman

Gospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9

For Sunday, February, 19th: Year B—Transfiguration Sunday

Transfiguration—apart from...

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Sweet Jesus, What have you Done?

February 6, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Why did Jesus have to set our healing hopes so high?

by Michael Danner

Gospel Reading: Mark 1:40 - 45

For Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012; Year B—Epiphany 6

As a pastor, there is nothing more frustrating than...

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Jesus the Exorcist II

January 29, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Is healing one of the promises of the kingdom?

by Jodi-Renee Adams

Gospel Reading: Mark 1:29-39

For Sunday, Feb. 5, Year B − Epiphany 5

Jesus starts his ministry with a bang by healing a dying woman...

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Power Over Unclean Spirits?

January 22, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

What does this gospel message have to say to say to us today?

by Carol Howard Merritt

Gospel Reading: Mark 1:21-28

For Sunday, Jan. 29, Year B − Epiphany 4

I was in college, on a short mission trip...

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Proclaiming What?

January 16, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

What is the good news Jesus proclaims?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Mark 1:14-20

For Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012: Epiphany 3

I have spent a lot of time with Mark.

Its absence of a birth narrative,...

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Vampire Ministry

January 9, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

Are we making disciples or sucking fresh blood?

by Unvirtuous Abbey

Gospel Reading: John 1:43–51

For Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012: Year B – Epiphany 2

There is something missing from Christianity these days...

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Cosmic Crossing

January 2, 2012 | by The Hardest Question

By placing the opening scene of his book at the Jordan River, who is Mark’s author alluding to?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Mark 1:4-11

For Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012: Year B—Baptism of Our Lord

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Simeon’s Faithful Proclamation

December 26, 2011 | by The Hardest Question

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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Born of a Woman

December 26, 2011 | by The Hardest Question

Lodged inside Paul’s declaration of freedom and redemption to the Galatians, a mention of Mary.