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Heidi Haverkamp

Heidi Haverkamp is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, and author. Her latest book is Everyday Connections: Reflections and Practices for Year A.

Sunday’s Coming

Going deeper on Low Sunday (John 20:19-31)

A day with few visitors presents an opportunity.
In the Lectionary

April 16, Easter 2A (John 20:19-31)

There is a blessing for those who have not come to believe and yet keep trying to see.
Sunday’s Coming

Don’t hold on (John 20:1-18)

Christ’s invitation to new life is almost always unfamiliar and surprising, even disconcerting.
Sunday’s Coming

Don’t hold on (John 20:1-18)

Christ’s invitation to new life is almost always unfamiliar and surprising, even disconcerting.
In the Lectionary

April 9, Easter Day (John 20:1-18)

In recent years, I’ve become somewhat of an Easter Grinch.
Books

Michelle Huneven’s homage to church life

A novel posing as a memoir that is really a sympathetic comedy 
First Person

This is my blood, donated for you

When my arm is stretched out and blood is trickling out of me, I find myself thinking of Jesus.
Books

Drawing close to Howard Thurman

Two new books invite us to learn from what others have loved about the civil rights icon.
First Person

My husband and I moved to be near friends

Why does this sound strange to people?
Sunday’s Coming

Magi on camels? Seriously? (Matthew 2:1-12)

It’s all too much like a fairy tale.

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Sunday’s Coming

Adopted as God's family (Christmas 1B) (Galatians 4:4-7)

Six markers of what this means in the wake of the incarnation.
Sunday’s Coming

Endless Advent (Luke 2:1-20; Nativity of the Lord)

And how will we know it’s Christmas?
In the Lectionary

January 3, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12)

Epiphany is the ultimate bad-guy story.
In the Lectionary

December 27, Christmas 1B (Luke 2:22-40)

We should all be a little eccentric.
In the Lectionary

December 24/25, Nativity (Isaiah 9:2-7; John 1:1-14)

The prophetic power of a candle in the window
First Person

I was a scribe for the Chicago Illuminated Scripture Project

What would possess me to copy a chapter of the Bible by hand?

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