Put Your Sword in its Sheath

By Debbie Blue

Gospel Reading: John 21: 1-19

For Sunday, April 4, 2013: Year C—Easter 3

Personally, I'm relieved that the disciples decide to go fishing here in the epilogue of John's dense and...

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Said the Joker to the Thief...

by Unvirtuous Abbey

Gospel Reading:  Luke 22:14—23:56

For Sunday, March 24, 2013—Sunday of the Passion

A particular funeral stands out for me for a few reasons. It was for a local drug dealer and...

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Really Alive

Or, do ghosts eat fish?

By Nanette Sawyer

Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36b-49

For Sunday, April 22, 2012:  Year B—Easter 3

I believe the testimony of the disciples who experienced Jesus’s presence with...

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Nic at Night

Does the Gospel include God’s past deeds being exposed to the light as well our own?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading:  John 3:14-21

For Sunday, March 18, 2012—Lent 4

The state of humanity is snake...

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Proclaiming What?

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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Incarnation, Revelation or Disorientation

Why Didn’t They Recognize Jesus?

by Carol Howard Merritt

Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35

For Sunday, May 8, 2011: Year A - Easter 3

I was reaching for the handle of the lobby door when I saw the back...

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Exiles in the Empire of Capital

Is there an oppression and a suffering so internalized that we do not even recognize it as suffering?

by Russell Rathbun

Epistle Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9

For Sunday, May 1 , 2011: Year A - Easter 2

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No Body Loves Me

How do we preach our faith as physical and alive when the Body we are supposed to love is nowhere to be found?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31

For Sunday, May 1 , 2011: Year A -...

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The Hardest Apology

Must a Christian interpretation of any Older Testament passage be read through the lens of the resurrection?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:13-20

For Sunday, Feb 6. , 2011: Year A -...

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