• The most trusted man in America

    The most trusted man in America

    Photo credit: Evan Agostini, AP I’m watching the television tributes to the original news anchorman, Walter Cronkite. Growing up, the “CBS Evening News with Walter…

  • Proper 10 · Mark 6:14-29 · July 12, 2009

    By Joel P. Okamoto Notes on the pericope One who wants to preach on the basis of this passage should recognize (as the lectionary does…

  • Faith and Creative Writing

    That’s the title of a summer workshop I will be leading later this month (July 27-29) at Concordia Seminary. It’s a topic I’ve studied, talked,…

  • Proper 9 · Mark 6:1-13 · July 5, 2009

    By Travis J. Scholl Here we are at the first week of July—Fourth of July weekend no less!—and the Gospel of Mark gives us no…

  • Proper 8 · Mark 5:21-43 · June 28, 2009

    By Andrew Bacon Rendezvous with Jesus The healing of the woman and the healing of the daughter are part of a series of four miracles…

  • Call no man happy until he is dead.

    Call no man happy until he is dead.

    Simon Critchley, in action Philosopher Simon Critchley writes a thought-provoking reflection on happiness on the”Happy Days” blog on nytimes.com . The ancient Greek proverb above…

  • My first Father’s Day as a father

    My first Father’s Day as a father

    Giotto’s “Saint Francis preaching to the birds” This is my very first Father’s Day as both a son and a father. Other than the blazing…

  • Proper 7 · Mark 4:35-41 · June 21, 2009

    By Paul Robinson Preface: Sometimes a boat is just a boat Although Mark’s account of the stilling of the storm did not occur in any…

  • Proper 6 · Mark 4:26-34 · June 14, 2009

    By Thomas Egger Mark 4 begins and ends with references to Jesus as a teacher (4:1, 4:38). Yet it is clear from the central theme…