We can hear the urgency in the lectionary texts for January 21, but how does that translate to us today? — Stephanie Sorge
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me.” This knowing can be painful and challenging. The truth often is. Yet God pursues us in love and offers us the truth as a path to healing. — Teri McDowell Ott
Mark’s Gospel will continually draw us to the margins, de-centering power and privilege. It’s an invitation for us to to leave our comfort zones, writes Stephanie Sorge.
Philip Gladden looks at the connection between Christmas and Easter laid out in Luke 2 and Galatians 4.
"We need not understand all the science behind awe to appreciate its gift and join the heavenly host in singing God’s praise," writes Teri McDowell Ott.
"This Advent, it may help to think of our faith communities as people who hold up mirrors to the world, reflecting the light of Christ we have found." — Tara W. Bulger
In a world of doubts, Teri McDowell Ott writes, there are eternal truths that we can cling to.
"This Advent, the political and social chaos of Jesus’ day resonates a little too well." Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Mark 13:24-37.
Our salvation – indeed, the redemption of the whole world – is inextricably bound to our relationships with one another, writes Ginna Bairby.
What are we to make of the harsh master in Matthew 25:14-30, Carol Holbrook Prickett wonders?
In these times filled with perilous choices and consequences, Joshua 24 reminds us that God has brought us thus far and God has a purpose for us.
I thought I knew God. Then I went to seminary, writes Teri McDowell Ott. I thought I knew God. Then I volunteered in a prison.
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Leviticus 19 through the lens of Netflix's true-crime series, "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal." Two women in the docuseries remind her of the cost of honesty.
When asked a loaded question about money and power, Jesus chooses to offer his audience hope — and an invitation to connect with one another, writes Carol Holbrook Prickett.
Who has influenced your faith? Who do you model Christianity to? Paul talks about these things in Philippians, John Wurster writes.
Brian Christopher Coulter encourages preachers and teachers to view the Ten Commandments as a communal gift.
You can't argue anyone out of their fear. You have to love them out of it. That's what we are reminded of in Matthew 21, writes Teri McDowell Ott.
You will likely be preaching the parable of the workers in the vineyard to a congregation of hardworking, rule-following people, writes Philip Gladden. This parable will offend them. What are we to make of it?
The writer of Psalm 103 sings for joy not only because he is gifted with steadfast love, but also because he is freed by it — free to shelter during life’s storms, free to flourish and grow as a child of God, writes Teri McDowell Ott.
Church is a team sport, writes John Wurster reflecting on Matthew 18:15-20.
How can you help challenge the common, negative assumptions? Brian Christopher Coulter looks at Paul and Howard Thurman for examples.
God is absent from the first two chapters of Exodus. But through the subversive and liberating activity of women, God is indeed at work. — Ginna Bairby
In Matthew 15, we see a Canaanite woman teach Jesus something about mercy. What does this mean for us?
Instead of focusing on Peter's ultimate sinking in Matthew 14, perhaps we should remember that Peter responded in faith, Philip K. Gladden writes.
Dana Moulds reflects on "willingness" and Jesus' feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew.
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