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Katie Hines-Shah

Katie Hines-Shah is senior pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hinsdale, Illinois.

Sunday’s Coming

Faithful, unimportant work (Luke 4:21-30)

Jesus refuses at every turn to do something important, the things his neighbors thought he should do when he grew up.
January 28, 2022
Sunday’s Coming

A different day than we imagined (Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10)

This isn't the day we envisioned, but it is holy because God is in it.
January 21, 2022
In the Lectionary

January 30, Epiphany 4C (1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30)

If Jesus is with the other guy, how can he be with us?
January 4, 2022
In the Lectionary

January 23, Epiphany 3 (Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21)

The word of God is living and active; it meets us where we are.
December 28, 2021
Sunday’s Coming

The suffering of Jesus and Others (Palm/Passon A) (Matthew 26: 14--27:66)

Matthew's writing is terse. This hasn't stopped some from imagining grimmer details.
April 3, 2020
Sunday’s Coming

Prophesy to the breath (Ezekiel 37:1-14) Lent 5A

We practice our faith in the season of Lent so that we know what to do when things get harder. 
March 27, 2020
Sunday’s Coming

The church out in the world (Matthew 21:1-11)

In October of 1989, word came down from Moscow: the peace prayers in Leipzig must be stopped.
March 26, 2020
In the Lectionary

April 5, Palm Sunday A (Matthew 21:1–11)

Triumphal entries have a certain formula. Jesus does it all wrong.
March 17, 2020
In the Lectionary

April 5, Passion Sunday A (Matthew 26:14–27:66)

The story of Jesus’ unjust trial and wrongful conviction must not be romanticized.
March 17, 2020
In the Lectionary

March 29, Lent 5A (John 11:1–45)

Lazarus’s story is one of grief—and hope.
March 10, 2020

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Stories even better than Garrison Keillor's

It's Advent, and accusations against prominent men are shaking things up like a highway construction project in the wilderness.
December 8, 2017
Sunday’s Coming

Good people and new names (Matthew 1:18–25)

Every child is from God. Joseph gets an explicit divine promise.
December 16, 2016
Sunday’s Coming

Good news for the rich and poor (Luke1:46b–55)

What a relief it might be to middle-class America to be sent away empty.
December 9, 2016
In the Lectionary

December 18, Fourth Sunday of Advent: Matthew 1:18–25

Matthew's geneaology underscores that God has always worked through messy and broken families.
November 18, 2016
In the Lectionary

December 11, Third Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 35:1–10; Matthew 11:2–11

Jesus' ministry is not what John the Baptist expected it to be.
November 11, 2016

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