Week 2: Creation Prayer passage: “Through the waters of the flood you delivered Noah and his family … .” Scripture reading: Genesis 6:11-22. Hymn: “Wash, O God, Our Sons and…
Austen Hartke is the creator of the YouTube series Transgender and Christian, which seeks to understand and interpret Scripture related to gender identity and transgender people. His online work became…
Lectionary blog for Feb. 25 The Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 17:1-7; Psalm 22: 23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 My Aunt Mildred had a bad habit of starting all her…
In 1523, Martin Luther wrote his Little Book of Baptism. In it, he added something he called “the flood prayer” to the baptism liturgy that was being used by the…
Lectionary blog for Feb. 18 The first Sunday in Lent Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 A few years ago, Damian Rossitis told this story in the…
Several years ago, I picked up Sharon Garlough Brown’s Sensible Shoes (IVP, 2013). The back cover promised that it would blend ancient spiritual practices with contemporary life using fiction. I…
Lectionary blog for Feb. 11 The Transfiguration of Our Lord 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Peanuts cartoon: Linus and Charlie Brown are on their backs…
“Nobody gets out alive,” the old quip goes. And like many wisecracks, it expresses well an underlying truth: All of us are born, all of us live and all of…
What’s a “member” of a church today, when we experience lots of mobility in our culture and “belonging” means something very different for us than our grandparents? One church is…
Lectionary blog for Feb. 4 The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11; 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 In the morning, while it was still very dark,…
Lectionary blog for Jan. 28 The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 Jesus came to destroy. But, he came to destroy in…
Lectionary blog for Jan. 14 The second Sunday after the Epiphany 1 Samuel 3:1-10; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 A good friend gave me a new biography…
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