Palm/Passion Sunday — March 28, 2021
Mark 11:1-11; Philippians 2:5-11 Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday Year B I’ve always been intrigued by the Gospel of Mark’s many references..
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Order of worship — March 28, 2021
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5th Sunday in Lent — March 21, 2021
John 12:20-33 Lent 5B Some years ago, author Tracie McMillan left her home in New York City to go undercover into the..
Order of worship — March 21, 2021
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4th Sunday in Lent — March 14, 2021
Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21 Lent 4B This week’s lectionary text from the book of Numbers is a strange, even offensive, story about..
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Order of worship — March 14, 2021
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3rd Sunday in Lent — March 7, 2021
Exodus 20:1-17 Lent 3B One of the best ways to teach and learn theology is through liturgy, because the patterns and practices..
Order of worship — March 7, 2021
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2nd Sunday in Lent — February 28, 2021
Mark 8:31-38 Lent 2B The Gospel lesson for the second Sunday of Lent raises one of the most difficult of theological questions:..
Order of worship — February 28, 2021
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Spiritual direction saved my ministry! In the early 1990s, I “hit the wall” and entered a program in spiritual direction through Oasis..
1st Sunday in Lent — February 21, 2021
Genesis 9:8-17; Mark 1:9-15 Lent 1B Increasingly, Christians have sought ways to include animals in the liturgical life of the church. Our..
Order of worship — February 21, 2021
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Transfiguration of the Lord — February 14, 2021
Mark 9:2-9 In the Presbyterian liturgical year, Transfiguration Sunday marks the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday. However, it is well worth noting..
Knowing Christ Crucified: The Witness of African American Religious Experience
M. Shawn Copeland Orbis Books, 160 pages This book by a prominent womanist theologian could not be more timely for our present..
Order of worship — February 14, 2021
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5th Sunday after Epiphany — February 7, 2021
Isaiah 40:21-31 Isaiah 40 was written to console exiled Israelites, a devastated people displaced from their homeland for so long that it..
Order of worship — February 7, 2021
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4th Sunday after Epiphany — January 31, 2021
Mark 1:21-28 If Jesus were to wander into church with you on Sunday, what do you imagine would happen? Would he find..
Order of worship — January 31, 2021
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New Year’s resolutions come and go, but for Christians – especially Reformed Christians – the notion of covenant is our most enduring..
3rd Sunday after Epiphany — January 24, 2021
Mark 1:14-20 This week’s lectionary text from the Gospel of Mark narrates the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry and his calling of..
Order of worship — January 24, 2021
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