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Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (July 2, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 10:40-42; (1st Reading) Jeremiah 28:5-9; (Semi-continuous 1st Reading) Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18; (2nd Reading) Romans 6:12-23. Recorded at (...)

Last week I sat with members of a tall-steeple church who expressed deep frustration that, despite encouragement, their pastor refused to preach on environmental issues. He was the sole regular preacher, so what he didn’t (...)

I am often asked, as I was this past Sunday at a church gathering, what is the one easiest step a Christian can take to care for creation. It was a “bite your tongue” moment. (...)

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And (...)

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Seconed Sunday in Lent (Mar. 12, 2017): (Gospel) John 3:1-17; (1st Reading) Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; (2nd Reading) Romans 4:1-5, 13-17. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., (...)

Last week at the public library in Evansville, Indiana, more than 125 people gathered for a program about building backyard bird habitats, complete with hundreds of photos of warblers and other songbirds, all taken in (...)

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for First Sunday in Lent (Mar. 5, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 4:1-11, 16-21; (1st Reading) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; (2nd Reading) Romans 5:12-19. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, (...)

Discussion on texts for Second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 4, 2016): (Gospel) Matthew 3:1-12; (First Reading) Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; (Second Reading) Romans 15:4-13.

This Lenten series focuses on our bodily worship of the Triune God. When we come to worship, we are to engage all of your bodies in the art and act of worship — our heads (...)

This coming Reformation Day, October 31, 2016, is different from many others. On this day, we launch into the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation culminating on October 31, 2017, when we usher in the next (...)