Reflections for

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Mark 1:40-45

Features

Perpetual shalom

Elisha’s gift to Naaman

Jul 25, 2012 by Walter Brueggemann

The general was insulted by the piddling, muddy Jordan. But he entered the water—and was healed! Then it was time to pay the bill.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Foreground and background

2 Kings 5:1–4; Mark 1:40–45

Feb 06, 2012 by David J. Lose

I have found this year's Republican primaries fascinating, particularly the shifting fortunes of the candidates. While Mitt Romney has been more or less the frontrunner of his ambivalent party, the rest of the field has been one crazy jumble of surges and falls from grace. It's political spectacle at its most interesting, if not necessarily its best.

Living by the Word

Sunday, February 12, 2012

2 Kings 5: 1–14; Mark 1:40–45

Jan 31, 2012 by David J. Lose

Ever since I was a kid, I've been intrigued by gestalt pictures. These intriguing pictures contain two images, but the viewer can see only one of them at a time; as one comes to the foreground, the other recedes into the background. In one famous picture I can see either two faces or a candlestick. In another one, I can see either a young woman or an older one.

Century Blogs

Clothed with joy right down to her feet

Apr 29, 2011 by Elizabeth Myer Boulton

Sometimes the news of the world can take the hope of Easter right out of you. Sometimes it's hard to believe in the resurrection.

And yet, this is how it happens: a woman, 38 years old, is diagnosed with breast cancer and has to have a total mastectomy. Two years later the cancer comes back, and her doctor schedules her for another mastectomy.

Living by the Word

Remember the water

2 Kings 5:1-14

Feb 10, 2009 by James C. Howell

Could Peter Leithart be on to something when he calls 2 Kings 5 “the richest Old Testament story of baptism,” one that “anticipates Christian baptism”? The very thought of baptism makes me shudder. I remember mine, since my parents didn’t take me to be sprinkled as an infant.

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