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Kerry Hasler-Brooks
Kerry Hasler-Brooks is associate professor of English at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Called to care (Matthew 9:35–10:8)
In Matthew 10, something shifts. Something moves Jesus to call on the disciples.
June 14, Ordinary 11A (Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19)
The psalmist’s declaration of love is also a declaration of voice.
Reading for Sarai (Genesis 12:1-9)
In Genesis, Sarai is a profoundly underwritten character.
June 7, Ordinary 10A (Genesis 12:1–9)
All of the narrative details in the call of Abram story reinforce a single point: God commands Abram to go, and Abram goes.
Both mother and child (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8)
Paul, speaking for Silas and Timothy, offers a layered metaphor.
October 29, Ordinary 30A (Deuteronomy 34:1–12)
The nature of God’s judgment is not entirely clear. What has Moses done wrong?
The hidden God (Exodus 33:12-23)
The God of Moses is both intimate and mysterious, known and unknowable.
October 22, Ordinary 29A (Matthew 22:15–22)
I take seriously the absence of a denarius in Jesus’ own hand.
Delighting in whatever is lovely (Philippians 4:1-9)
Can we notice what is true and noble, even when it is also ordinary?
October 15, 28A (Psalm 106:1–6, 19–23)
Where is the psalmist’s own voice in this communal confession and appeal?
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Let the redeemed pray the Psalms (Lent 4B) (Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22)
Reading Psalm 107 aloud, what's most striking are the calls for voice.
Jesus and Black anger (John 2:13-22; Lent 3B)
Who are the other enraged voices crying out from the temple with Christ?
March 7, Lent 3B (John 2:13-22)
As Jesus overturns the tables, I imagine John in the corner, watching and taking it all down.