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JoAnn A. Post

JoAnn A. Post is a pastor in the Evangelical Luth­eran Church in America. She is the author of Steward of Stories: Reflecting on Tensions in Daily Discipleship and Songs in My Head: A Cancer Spiritual.

Sunday’s Coming

Calling names (10B) (Mark 3:20-25)

Name calling is the last resort of the weak.
Sunday’s Coming

Non Sequitur Sunday (Trinity B) (John 3:1-17)

Defining the Trinity is absurd.
In the Lectionary

June 6, Ordinary 10B (1 Samuel 8:4-20)

What happens when Samuel reads his people the fine print?
In the Lectionary

May 30, Trinity B (Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17)

When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.
Sunday’s Coming

Who is justified? (Luke 18:9–14)

This Reformation Day, I'm preaching the Gospel text from the lectionary.
Sunday’s Coming

Unsympathetic characters (Luke 18:1–8)

This is a troubling parable.
In the Lectionary

October 27, Ordinary 30C (Luke 18:9-14)

Jesus' characters aren't nuanced; they're all elbows and ankles.
In the Lectionary

October 20, Ordinary 29C (Luke 18:1-8)

Injustice comes with so many alibis and aliases.  
Church security
First Person

Church security and the risks of hospitality

My church has Fort Knox-level safety protocols. Why?

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