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Lectionary Blog

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: 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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Spiritual Resources

Study guide: Mercy and addiction

More than 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016, government figures show, and the number is rising due to the opioid crisis. And much more numerous are the people…

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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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Mission & Ministry

Waves of faith

Rolling, sun-kissed waves on the Pacific Ocean provide Jerry Phillips, a fourth-year undergraduate at the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) more than a stage on which to improve his surfing…

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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…