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Maggi Dawn
Maggi Dawn is associate dean for Marquand Chapel at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. Her most recent book is Like the Wideness of the Sea.
A call without mystery
The call of Abram is one of my favorite stories in the whole Bible. I have moved quite a lot, and the experience of packing up my life in England to move to the U.S. nearly three years ago is still fresh in my memory. The challenges that face Abram and his family are exciting, probably daunting, but certainly not without their cost. I love the way the call is vague about the destination: it seems that getting moving is more important than knowing the final details.
Sunday, March 16, 2014: Matthew 17:1–9
The Transfiguration has a hundred sermons in it. But to me the most touching element is the subplot.
Literal forbidden fruit
I have lived in the U.S. for nearly three years now, and there is so much to love: the beauty and the grandeur of the landscape, the welcome and hospitality I’ve found in one city after another, and so many new friends.
But there is one thing I don’t love so much.
Sunday, March 9, 2014: Matthew 4:1-11
If temptation were all about blatant wrongdoing, it would be far easier to avoid.
Second thoughts: Truth and misconception
Recently my son and I read one of Roald Dahl’s fantastic stories for children—The BFG. Everyone knows, don’t they, that giants are terrible, bloodthirsty creatures?...
The untouchables: Luke 17:11-19
Some years ago I worked in central London with an organization that reached out to people living on the streets....
Prayer acts: Luke 18:1-8
This year in Great Britain we marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade....
Seminary 2050: Connected to God, connecting others to God
What we want theological education to look like depends on what sort of church we want, and on what we think ministers are for....
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