Debt from unpaid or uninsured medical bills causes thousands of people to spend their life savings, jeopardize their retirement, go into poverty or declare bankruptcy. Sometimes all of the above!…
“Sanctuary” means different things to different people. Perhaps that is a strength that can be brought to the ELCA’s self-designation as a “sanctuary church.” Individuals, congregations and synods are able…
Lectionary blog for May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15, 16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 As I sit in my home office obeying the…
In the introduction to his Devotional Classics (HarperCollins, 1993), Richard J. Foster wrote: “We today suffer from the unexamined notion that the more recent something is, the better, the more…
Lectionary blog for May 3, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 One of my favorite things to do when I teach Bible…
So you, and many others, are now worshiping digitally because of an order from your governor to Shelter in Place, Stay at Home, Quarantine or, my personal favorite, Hoosier Hunker…
Lectionary blog for April 26, 2020 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 The good news of Jesus’ resurrection continues to inspire…
Lectionary blog for April 19, 2020 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Anyone who has been reading this column for a while…
April 12: Lectionary blog Easter Sunday Jeremiah 31:1-6; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 28:1-10 I love Resurrection Day in the church! Celebrating the good news that sin and death…
Often risking life and limb to come to the United States for safety and a new life, asylum-seeking families arrive only to find that their long hard journey is not…
We commonly think of “vocation” as only our job or career—that is, what we do to provide for ourselves and our family. But from a standpoint of faith, vocation is…
Lectionary blog for April 5, 2020 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 21:1-11, 26:14-27:66 As we prepare to celebrate Palm Sunday, and then to mark the week…
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