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Lectionary blog: Fear and faith

Lectionary blog for July 1 The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Lamentations 3:22-33; Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 The Scriptures call us to trust in God, a thing much…

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Lectionary blog: Is God on vacation?

Lectionary blog for June 24 The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Job 38:1-11; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41 “Teacher—do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)….

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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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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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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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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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Lectionary blog: Liberation and obligation

Lectionary blog for May 6 The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 Writing in USA Today (May 8, 2006), Presbyterian Pastor Henry G. Brinton made…

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Lectionary blog: Growing toward the light of God

Lectionary blog for April 29 The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and my father is the vine-grower”…

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Lectionary blog: Following the shepherd

Lectionary blog for April 22 The Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:11-24; John 10:11-18 Today is the time for us to look up and follow…

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Lectionary blog: ‘Filled with joy and doubt’

Lectionary blog for April 15 The Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 “While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering.” (Luke…