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This Reformation Day, I'm preaching the Gospel text from the lectionary.
November 17, Ordinary 33C (Luke 21:5-19)
Jesus’ hearers are well-acquainted with calamity and crisis.
What keeps you going?
After our time in the pediatric cardiac ICU, we brought home a healthy baby. Others made funeral plans.
by Jake Owensby
November 10, Ordinary 32C (Luke 20:27–38)
Resurrection is where God is—across generations, across circumstances.
November 1, All Saints Day (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus mourns a human existence unconcerned with the needs of the whole.
November 1, All Saints Day (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus mourns a human existence unconcerned with the needs of the whole.
October 27, Ordinary 30C (Luke 18:9-14)
Jesus' characters aren't nuanced; they're all elbows and ankles.
October 20, Ordinary 29C (Luke 18:1-8)
Injustice comes with so many alibis and aliases.
Jesus has a zeal against the human willingness to turn wealth into an idol.
October 13, Ordinary 28C (Luke 17:11–19)
Maybe the lepers know that Jesus likes being in the borderland.
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
It's complicated to lose things.
October 6, Ordinary 27C (Luke 17:5-10)
Have you noticed God’s preference for small things?
Surely he didn't mean I have to give up my books.