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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Making Friends with Strange Cats

by Unvirtuous Abbey

Old Testament Reading:  2 Samuel 23:1-7

For Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012—Christ the King Sunday

During a senate debate, Richard Mourdock said, “I think even when life begins in that...

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This is No Man after God’s Heart

Old Testament Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-15

For Sunday, July 29, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 17

The David and Bathsheba debacle is a terrible story.

It’s a tragedy of epic proportions. And worse, it’s a story...

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Michal

Literary Tool, Nagging Wife, or Real Person?

by Lia Scholl

Old Testament Reading: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

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

I sat in a Southern congregation on Mother’s...

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David, King of Empire

House of cedar and gold.

By Debbie Blue

Old Testament Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-16

 For Sunday, October 18, 2011: Year B---Advent 4

“Now when the king was settled in his house…” Seems like an archetypal...

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