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Ordinary 27B: Promise of a Better World
Joy J. Moore emphasizes the promise of a better world [...]
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Why Do We Bless?
What are we doing when we bless animals, backpacks, bikes … and each other? Within the liturgical [...]
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Ordinary 26B: Millstones and accountability
Matt Skinner, speaking from the Mill District in Minneapolis, reflects [...]
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Working Preacher publishes weekly podcasts in English for preaching the Revised Common Lectionary (“Sermon Brainwave”) and Narrative Lectionary (“I Love to Tell the Story”).
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