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We gather in old and new ways, and in new and old ways, holding vigil and celebrating Easter. We gather as our forefathers and -mothers of the faith have for almost two thousand years. We (...)

Discussion on texts for Maundy Thursday (Mar. 24, 2016): (Gospel) John 13:1-17, 31b-35; (First Reading) Exodus 12:1-4, [5-10], 11-14; (Psalm) Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; (Second Reading) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.

Discussion on texts for Week 5 (Smell) of a five-week Lenten preaching series (Mar. 16, 2016): John 12:1-3, 2 Cor 2:14-16a, and Psalm 141:1-2.

Discussion on texts for Fifth Sunday in Lent (Mar. 13, 2016): (Gospel) John 12:1-8; (First Reading) Isaiah 43:16-21; (Psalm) Psalm 126; (Second Reading) Philippians 3:4b-14.

Discussion on texts for Week 4 (Hearing) of a five-week Lenten preaching series (Mar. 9, 2016): John 5:25-29, Romans 10:14-17, and Psalm 62.

I spent a week last month in Kisumu, Kenya, seven miles south of the equator on Lake Victoria, preaching and teaching about creation care for the Africa Inland Church, an evangelical denomination founded a century (...)

“We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life (...)

Discussion on texts for Second Sunday of Christmas (Jan. 3, 2016): (Gospel) John 1:(1-9), 10-18; (First Reading) Jeremiah 31:7-14; (Psalm) Psalm 147:12-20; (Second Reading) Ephesians 1:3-14.

Recent events in Paris stand out as a microcosm of the struggles human face: in the same month, horrific, unexpected, disruptive intercultural violence, and two weeks later an international conference characterized by careful planning, keen (...)

This article is the third in a four-part series for those who read Scripture in worship (or those who help prepare lectors). Watch the accompanying videos. Not only are we to proclaim the Word with (...)