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Epiphany 2 • 1 Samuel 3: 1–10 (11–20) • January 15, 2012
by William Utech This text comes from a time in the history of the people of Israel when “the word of the Lord was rare” (v.…
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The Bible as literature: how a book transforms time and space
In preparing for a class on “The Bible as Literature,” I discovered again how time and space are transformed by one written word.
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Can religion and politics make us more civil?
E.J. Dionne raised the question at a recent lecture at nearby Washington University. Perhaps the better question to ask is this: Can I love my…
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Baptism of our Lord • Genesis 1:1–5 • January 8, 2012
by Jeffrey Kloha Perhaps no passage bears as much gravitas—and controversy—as Genesis 1:1. In our context, the text will immediately bring to mind the modernist “science…
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Visualizing the Anthropocene
In the last post, I mentioned a few examples of human influence on earth that have prompted many to now speak of the Anthropocene Epoch,…
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Pre-Lenten Pastors Workshop – Jan 20, 2012
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will offer a one-day pre-Lenten workshop for pastors on Friday, January 20, 2012 called “Seeing is Not Believing: The Passion Story…
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Christmas 1 • Isaiah 61:10–62:3 • January 1, 2012
by Henry Rowold Sometimes Christians find the prophetic writings strange territory because those writings seem to be an unending boiling and churning of divine wrath…
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Christmas Day • Isaiah 52:7–10 • December 25, 2011
by Paul Devantier Today, we wait for word of some important event by staying close to the television, the radio, the Internet, or to our cell…
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Compassion, Mercy, and Diakonia
What happens when we use the term “mercy” to describe our actions toward our neighbor or the church’s orientation to the world?
