Justice? Vengeance?

By Nanette Sawyer

Epistle Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17

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

One of the reasons a text like this one is so off-putting is because of how truth has...

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The End of the World

by Michael Danner

Gospel Reading: Luke 21:25 - 36

For Sunday, December 2, 2012; Year C—Advent 1

This passage begins with apocalyptic thunder, as Jesus overwhelms his hearers with the unspeakable doom...

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They All Come Tumbling Down

by Jodi-Renee Giron

Gospel Reading: Mark 13:1-8

For Sunday, November 18, 2012, Year B − Ordinary 33

After a day spent talking about loving your neighbor and commending sacrificial widows, Jesus and...

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Blood from a Turnip

by Mike Stavlund

Gospel Reading: Mark 12:38-44

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

Hanging out recently with a friend who grew up Baptist, I was asked if I had heard of the “Lottie Moon...

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Churchtopia

Is the Appeal to a Golden Age a Recipe for Disaster?

by Rev. Mark Stenberg, Ph.D.

New Testament Reading: Acts 4:32-35

For Sunday, April 15, 2012: Year B—Easter 2

"There was not any needy person among...

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Christmas, Apocalypse, Rebels and Bell Choirs

How are we to interrupt this call to follow Jesus from our place of privilege?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading:  Mark 13:24-37

For Sunday, Nov. 27 , 2011: Year B—Advent 1

The Legions are forming on...

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