Not As the World Gives

by MaryAnn McKibben Dana

Gospel Reading:  John 14:23-29

For Sunday, May 5, 2013—Easter 6

I’m reading the seventh Harry Potter book to my daughters these days.

While I love J.K. Rowling’s expansive...

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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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The Three Stooges

Is the Trinity only good for benedictions?

by Michael Danner

Epistle Reading: 2 Corinthians 13:11 - 13

For Sunday, June 19, 2011; Year AThe Holy Trinity

I grew up watching The Three Stooges after...

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Circuitous Story

Isn’t it wiser to accept the inevitable? 

by Mike Stavlund 

Gospel Reading:  John 11:1-45

For Sunday, Apr. 10, 2011:  Year A - Lent 5  

I've always been a Matthew Man. My beloved Gospel writer is...

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This Branch Is Slower than Christmas

Why is the stump of Jesse taking so long to fill the whole world with the knowledge of God?

by Danielle Shroyer

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10

For Sunday, December 5, 2010 Year A - Advent 2

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Waiting on the Felonies of Jesus

Can we keep preaching these texts, year after year, and expect people to believe he is coming?

by Russell Rathbun

Gospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-44

For Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010: Year C - Advent 1

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Attack Drones into Solar Arrays?

Is it better to preach the promise of peace or to proclaim the reality of its long-standing absence?

by Russell Rathbun

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5

For Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010: Year C - Advent...

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Image of the Invisible?

What does it mean to be the image of the invisible God?

by Russell Rathbun

Epistle Reading: Colossians 1:11-20

For Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010: Year C - Christ the King Sunday

This is so much of what...

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Peace or Revolution?

How do you have a revolution when you are trying to appease the throne?

by Russell Rathbun

Epistle Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-7

For Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 25

P.O.S. is one of my...

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Act as Do Those Who Understand

What does it burn? When? And, most obscurely, why?

by Phyllis Tickle

Gospel Reading: Luke 12:49–56

For Sunday, August 15, 2010: Year C - Ordinary 20

Even as he speaks the horrific words of this text...

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