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Many memorial services or services of death and resurrection employ this psalm to bring comfort and hope to the grieving. The psalm acknowledges the presence of grief, of going through dark...
Read MoreShepherds spend lots of time outside, and this familiar and popular psalm attributed to David invites us to the healing landscape of green meadows, flowing rivers, and tree-shaded paths. Such places...
Read MoreYou can’t judge a book by its cover.” This wise and familiar expression is true not only of books but also of people, according to the words God whispers to the...
Read MoreFear can hold us back. We sometimes think our only response to fear is to fight or take flight, but I think we can also remain immobilized, frozen and stuck, incapable...
Read MoreMy reading of the Gospel accounts of Jesus and the disciples sometimes surprises me that the disciples were surprised. After all, I think, they were with Jesus. The scripture lesson today...
Read MoreOne reading of this well-known story would claim that it defies convention. A man, a Jew, in open conversation with a woman who is a Samaritan sets up an unheard-of scene....
Read MoreWhen people have experienced a windfall (not always in the form of money), we may describe their experience as a real rags-to-riches story. It usually depicts a one-hundredeighty- degree shift in...
Read MoreGod’s covenant with Abraham has been reformed in this credo, “justified by faith.” Paul writes and teaches and reminds us of the mighty acts of a God who loves us, courts...
Read MoreThe psalmist calls us to praise the Lord with joyful noise and songs of praise, to worship the Lord as Creator and King. Then he evokes a pastoral setting: “We are...
Read MoreWhen the Israelites leave Egypt, the dream of promise shines brightly in their minds. They confuse potential promise with pie-in-the-sky promise. Moses, a reluctant leader, also serves at times as an...
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