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Where God dwells
For most of us, the concept of home is complex. In Finding Home (Cascade Books, 2020), author Julie K. Aageson reflects on the physical, spiritual and metaphorical meanings of home….
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God shows up in the mystery of waiting
Editor’s note: Welcome to “Extraordinary ordinary presence,” a three-part series from ELCA pastor Jordan Miller-Stubbendick on noticing God at work in mundane moments, and what this might teach us about…
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Lectionary blog: Why are you surprised?
Lectionary for April 18, 2021 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 The biblical narrative doesn’t go directly from the crucifixion to Paul’s letters…
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Lectionary blog: The gospel of sharing
Lectionary for April 11, 2021 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 My day job (when not writing these reflections) is to help train…
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A cross-shaped lens
“It is good once a year,” Martin Luther wrote, “to read through the whole story of the Passion.” With 44 excerpts from Luther’s Easter sermons, Reformation historian Roland H. Bainton…
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Study guide: The power of storytelling
Long before there was anything resembling an alphabet to record words with ink on paper, people passed along information in the form of stories. The oral tradition is as old…
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Study guide: Jesus was a Palestinian Jew
God came and dwelled among us, Emmanuel, incarnated as Jesus for the salvation of all of humanity in all our wonderful diversity. Though all humans may lay claim to Jesus…
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Lectionary blog: “And then .…”
Lectionary for April 4, 2021 Easter Sunday Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8 The last word in the earliest manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark is…
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Lectionary blog: Face like flint, tongue of a teacher
Lectionary for March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1—15:47 One of the images of Jesus that speaks most to my heart is that of…
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Lectionary blog: The Jesus adventure
Lectionary for March 21, 2021 Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 My wife likes to say that an adventure is when you don’t know…
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Video: The impact of Davey and Goliath
Since Davey and Goliath debuted 60 years ago, its impact has stretched beyond the Lutheran church and into the greater world. Its characters and themes–kindness, inclusivity, and the love of…
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What can Christians learn from loneliness?
No matter how many meaningful relationships we may have, it’s the rare person who doesn’t feel loneliness. Writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon’s new book, The Great Belonging (Broadleaf Books,…
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