12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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A new lectionary that centers women
“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”
Grace Ji-Sun Kim interviews Wil Gafney
“So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?
United in death? (12A; Romans 6:1b-11)
Romans 6:3 is strange. A lot of pastors have it memorized.
by Diane Roth
June 21, Ordinary 12A (Matthew 10:24–39)
Jesus keeps saying, “Do not be afraid.” But there’s so much to be afraid of.
by Diane Roth
Take & Read: Old Testament
New books that are shaping conversations about the Old Testament
When a father and husband walked out, grace called him home
I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.
Has family become an idol?
The Bible gives no sense that the family is an end in itself.
When hope gives up on magical results
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
by Debie Thomas
We should celebrate the “death day” of our baptism each year
Baptism is about dying with Christ. Why don't more churches talk about this?
Learning costly resistance from Bonhoeffer
Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.
The quiet Christian witness of A Rocha Canada
The evangelical group teaches farming, provides hospitality to newly arrived refugees, and watches the local salmon.
Jacob and the angel, as told by the angel
I'm authorized to open seals, drive the chariot of fire, and pour out bowls of judgment. But wrestling someone?
What's dead can die (Romans 6:1b-11)
It's a beautiful Sunday morning, until the pastor breaks the mood.
by Liddy Barlow
June 25, Ordinary 12A (Matthew 10:24–39)
We have value because we are creatures, like sparrows.
by Liddy Barlow
Prophet Jeremiah, by Donatello (ca. 1386–1466)
Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons