Walk Into the Text

When the Rabbi’s read they walk into the text. They bring themselves to it and step across the edge of the scroll, jump up onto its body, bouncing a little, believing it will hold their weight. And...

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High Praise from Heaven

by Mike Stavlund

Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

For Sunday, May 26, 2013: Year C—Holy Trinity

In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus has lots of laudatory stuff to say about himself and...

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Fortune Cookie Gospel?

Can fortune cookie advice or a Woody Allen quote be a sacred text?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 25:6-7a

For Sunday, August 29, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 22

Do not put yourself...

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