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Proper 22 · Mark 10:2-12 · October 4, 2009
By Victor Raj “Bending the Rules” The question of divorce is what first meets the eye as one reads this text. To be sure, the…
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Proper 21 · Mark 9:38-50 · September 27, 2009
By Kyle Castens “Whose Side, Anyway?” Charles simply figured there must be something wrong with his baseball glove. That was the fifth pop-fly in a…
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Proper 20 · Mark 9:30-37 · September 20, 2009
By David Schmitt Literary and Liturgical Setting Our reading is the second of three passion predictions in Mark. In the literary context of Mark, these…
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Proper 19 · Mark 9:14-29 · September 13, 2009
By Tim Saleska Sermon Notes The question that presses the characters in this text is the same one that often presses modern Christian readers of this…
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Anselm, friendship, and “how we think about God”
Anselm of Canterbury, under glass Feed your inner philosopher by checking out this column by Nathan Schneider on the “Happy Days” blog at the NY…
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Proper 16 · Mark 7:1-13 · August 23, 2009
By Travis J. Scholl This week and next week (Proper 17) make up a continuous reading of Mark 7. (Technically, Proper 18 brings the reading…
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Proper 15 · John 6:51-69 · August 16, 2009
By Joel Okamoto Notes on the text 1. For the context, see Propers 13 and 14. 2. At this point Jesus provokes a fresh concern…
