Reflections for

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Feb 17, 2019

Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26

Living by the Word

Sunday, November 25, 2012

2 Samuel 23:1–7, Daniel 7:9–10, 13–14; Revelation 1:4b–8; John 18:33–37

Nov 13, 2012 by Stephen Fowl

It is the Feast of Christ the King, the final Sunday of the church’s liturgical year. All of today’s passages reflect on kingships—those of David, God and Jesus. Although Christians in America are far removed from any direct experience of a king, these passages can teach us about our own political life.

American Soundings

Life after life after death

May 17, 2012 by Rodney Clapp

While Christian scholars have long questioned body-soul dualism, it remains common in church circles. This may finally be changing.

Features

Prayer concern

Remembering all the victims of war

Dec 29, 2011 by Marilyn McEntyre

Each week my church includes a prayer for the families of American soldiers who have died. As the names are read, I try to hold them in prayer. But I have wrestled with these prayers.

On Art

Blue Tree

Jul 20, 2011 reviewed by Lois Huey-Heck

They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season,
and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper. —Psalm 1, verse 3

A visual response to the words of the first Psalm, Charles Dupree's Blue Tree flourishes in its watery environment. Its deep roots and fine branches inspire confidence that the tree will have strength and flexibility sufficient to withstand storms. Dupree works in the medium of encaustic—a specially formulated wax mixed with pigment that creates unique textural effects. As is so often true of modern and postmodern works, the medium is much of the message. The artist says, "As priest and artist, I love the mysterious effects of wax. Wax is to the canvas what incense is to the worship space. Light, smoke and the wonder of God inform all of my work."

—Lois Huey-Heck

Living by the Word

Rest assured

Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; Luke 6:17-26

Jan 23, 2007 by Kyle Childress

In Wendell Berry’s novel Jayber Crow, the main character works to come to terms with who he is. At midlife, after going through a crisis, he says, “Now, finally, I really had lost all desire for change, every last twinge of the notion that I ought to get somewhere or make something of myself. I was what I was.

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