How might we invite people into God's story, especially people who are not very familiar with the biblical narrative? Dr. Karoline Lewis ponders with us in this video:
In this sermon, Rev. Nick Utphall ('04), a pastor serving just outside of Madison, WI, invites us to consider what God is up to in the midst of current events, and how we as children of God are called to live in a world full of civil tension.
7th Sunday after Epiphany – 20 Feb 11
Matthew 5:38-48; Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
Hymn: Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace (ELW #716)
Collective bargaining.
It’s a term more familiar to us this week than ever before. For some, it was that it crowded …
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an interesting radio/audio post discussing what might constitute Christianity 2.0. The interview is with author Greg Garrett, whose book
The Other Jesus: Rejecting a Religion of Fear for a God of Love, came out just last month.
In this Jan. 2011 service celebrating the Baptism of Our Lord, Dr. Lois Malcolm powerfully unpacks what it means to live into our baptism:
What makes Jesus’ baptism so unique is that it is a baptism into a life that will culminate in a death that bears the diseases and sins of all people and a resurrection that releases them from all oppressive powers, even the power of death. Thus, when we are baptized into Jesus’ death and resurrection, our old sinful self, which has been enslaved …
By Dwight Zscheile
In the seventh century, the theologian John of Damascus used a term to describe the life of the Trinity that has important resonance for today’s church in mission: perichoresis. Perichoresis means “whirl,” “rotation,” “encircling,” “embracing,” or “circulation around the neighborhood.” In the ancient world, it was used to describe the passing of wine around the table at a dinner party, or the movement of people …