A free hymn with sheet music based on Mark 1:21-28 by Scott Barton.
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We can hear the urgency in the lectionary texts for January 21, but how does that translate to us today? — Stephanie Sorge
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“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
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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.
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"How can we celebrate Christmas when there is no Christmas in Bethlehem?" writes Bruce Reyes-Chow.
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Philip Gladden looks at the connection between Christmas and Easter laid out in Luke 2 and Galatians 4.
This year, rocks have witnessed war, gun violence, oppression, and global warming. They cry out, "How long, Oh God?" Let's join them, writes Jesy Littlejohn.
Come, Lord Jesus — in the retelling of the familiar story, in the souls that gather to listen, writes Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Come alive, O Christ in every broken place so that love fills every gap, writes Jeremy Wilhelmi.
Christian Iosso writes: "Blessed are those who have no 'home for the holidays,' without jobs or funds to buy gifts, who have outlived their friends..."
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"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.
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"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
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In a world of doubts, Teri McDowell Ott writes, there are eternal truths that we can cling to.
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"This Advent, the political and social chaos of Jesus’ day resonates a little too well." Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Mark 13:24-37.
Scott Barton turns Isaiah 64:1-9 into a prayer.
Daniel Heath pens a prayer honoring Indigenous peoples, the land, and the unifying aspects of Thanksgiving.
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