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Prayer – the breath of life
My late wife, Judy, was in a nursing home and was starting to improve slightly as she recovered from her second surgery to remove a brain tumor. After this operation…
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Lectionary blog: Walking by faith
Lectionary blog for June 17 The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13) 14-17; Mark 4:26-34 “for we walk by faith, not by sight”…
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Study guide: Introverted leaders in the church
Our culture celebrates leaders past and present who are obviously and notoriously extroverted—those successful people who flaunt the stereotypical extroversion characteristics of being loud, outspoken, quick to speak up/step up,…
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Study guide: Divine inspiration
God is the one who made the universe out of nothing and human beings out of the dust of the earth. And because we are made in the image of…
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Spiritual significance
Fold your hands; close your eyes; bow your head. This is how many Lutherans were taught to pray. As adults, people often yearn for a deeper connection with God and…
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Lectionary blog: ‘Eternal weight of glory’
Lectionary blog for June 10 The Third Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35 “For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal…
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The light shines in the darkness—but it’s complicated
Kaethe Schwehn has been writing about faith throughout her career. Her first book, Tailings (Cascade, 2014), is a memoir of personal and spiritual grappling set against the backdrop of Holden…
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Lectionary blog: We are just the vessel
Lectionary blog for June 3 The Second Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Psalm 81:1-10; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23-3:6 “But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it…
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Lectionary blog: The mystery of the Trinity
Lectionary blog for May 27 Holy Trinity Sunday Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-27; John 3:1-17 In Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver tells a story about his first encounter with Christianity….
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Lectionary blog: The Spirit-led path
Lectionary blog for May 20 Pentecost Sunday Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 104:24-34; 35b; Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Today is a day that the church sets aside to pay particular attention…
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God as midwife
On the surface, Rachel Marie Stone’s new book, Birthing Hope: Giving Fear to the Light (IVP, 2018), is about parenthood and the challenges of giving birth around the world. But…
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Lectionary blog: At-one-ness through Christ
Lectionary blog for May 13 The Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 “… so that they may be one, as we are…
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