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Yvette Schock
Yvette Schock is a Lutheran minister (ELCA) and the chaplain of Riverview Retirement Community in Spokane, Washington.
Coming back together (16B) (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56)
We may all be in a phase of reorientation for a while.
July 16, 2021
Wondering about Michal (15B) (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19)
Maybe she's more than just a wet blanket.
July 9, 2021
July 18, Ordinary 16B (2 Samuel 7:1–14a)
God promises to build a bayit, a house. But not one with boundaries.
June 22, 2021
July 11, Ordinary 15B (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19)
The gap in the lectionary’s account of the return of the Ark of the Covenant echoes a pattern we have seen too often in our country.
June 15, 2021
Why we need Christ the King Sunday (Luke 23:33–43; Jeremiah 23:1–6; Colossians 1:11–20)
The kings in the Bible feel pretty familiar.
November 22, 2019
When to panic and when to act (2 Thessalonians 3:6-13)
The authors of 2 Thessalonians saw a painful unraveling within the community, and they responded with urgency.
November 15, 2019
November 24, Reign of Christ C (Jeremiah 23:1-6; Luke 23:33-43)
The unfaithful shepherd sniffs out and stirs up fear, fragmenting communities.
October 30, 2019
November 17, Ordinary 33C (Luke 21:5-19)
Jesus’ hearers are well-acquainted with calamity and crisis.
October 24, 2019
The Jerusalem church's measure of love
This week’s short passage from Acts gives a snapshot of the Christian community in Jerusalem, including a list of essential practices.
May 5, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014: Acts 2:42-47
Luke’s report of the church’s economic sharing interrupts our reading of what might otherwise be an easy passage.
April 29, 2014
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Seen and unseen at Emmaus
The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus is a favorite of mine. I love the image of pilgrims traveling together, struggling to understand tragedy and loss. I love that Jesus enters the story as a pushy traveling companion who sidles up beside them and talks their ears off for the rest of the trip.
And I love that it's not Jesus' incisive exegesis of the promises in scripture that open the disciples' eyes to his identity. It is his presence with them at a shared meal
April 28, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014: Luke 24:13-35
Our eyes drink in the world around us, but our brains develop filters. I imagine Cleopas and his friend sifting carefully through what they have seen.
April 22, 2014
Grace or judgment?
In this week’s Gospel lesson, Jesus says to the people,
Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No... Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No.
No.
February 25, 2013