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Paths to ministry
Six ordained people tell their stories
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January 14, Epiphany 2B (1 Sam. 3:1-20; Ps. 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51)
I like that Jesus isn't actually what the disciples are looking for.
by Kat Banakis
The farm wife collects frequent flyer miles
by Shari Wagner
I used to think that the end of Samuel’s story was when he learns to listen to God. I wasn’t curious at all about what God has to say.
by Diane Roth
I often feel that my whole time in ministry has been one when the word of the Lord is rare and visions not widespread.
by Cynthia D. Weems
From where does Nathanael's confession, his insight, come?
If you’re Eli, you’re not sleeping that well when the boy comes trotting in to disturb you with his nonsense.
Reading the call of Samuel, one wonders why the lectionary confronts us with such a dread epiphany.