Snarky Talk about Resurrection

By Nanette Sawyer

Gospel Reading: Luke 20:27-38

For Sunday, November 10, 2013:  Year C—Lectionary 32

Recently coming off of All Saints Day, I’ve been thinking about how all the people I love will...

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Gomer and the Metaphor of Redemption

by Carol Howard Merritt

Old Testament Reading: Hosea 11:1-11

For Sunday, August 4, 2013: Year —Lectionary 18

I sat with the betrothed couple as we looked over the marriage ceremony. They were like...

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Little Women

by Mike Stavlund

Old Testament Reading: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17

For Sunday, November 11, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 32

As the father of three girls, and the husband of yet another woman, I am perhaps becoming...

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