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April 2017

April 18, 2017
By William P. Brown The gap continues to widen between liberals and conservatives regarding the...
April 10, 2017
Only women should speak on Easter Sundays! (John 20:1-18) By Cláudio Carvalhaes   It’s resurrection...
April 03, 2017
By Wendy Farley The news these days suggest we are experiencing a rebirth – not...

March 2017

March 27, 2017
By Rev. Dr. Storm Swain As we enter into John’s Gospel, we are standing some...
March 20, 2017
By Amy Julia Becker “Disability is a magnifying glass that shows us our humanity.” My...
March 14, 2017
The Nasty Woman Who Persisted: The Samaritan Woman of John 4 (John 4:5-42) By Jaime...

February 2017

February 27, 2017
By Karyn L Wiseman I keep seeing listicles pop up on my Facebook feed. 40...
February 22, 2017
A God of Second Chances (2 Peter 1:16-21) By Melissa Browning My five-year-old, Olivia, lives...
February 13, 2017
Are We Safer Now? Security and Mercy in God’s Law (Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18) Johnny Ramirez-Johnson...

January 2017

January 30, 2017
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany The Super Bowl – A Religious Festival? It will surely...
January 23, 2017
By the time many read these words the United States of America will have innagurated its...
January 04, 2017
by Jim Kast-Keat How often do you think Jesus remembered his baptism? How often do...

November 2016

November 28, 2016
By Shively Smith.   The impact of the #SayHerName Movement cannot be overstated. This is...
November 21, 2016
By Eric Barreto.     Losing an election shouldn’t feel this dire. Sometimes our preferred...
November 14, 2016
By Keith Anderson.   This year’s bruising presidential election ended in shocking fashion in the...
November 07, 2016
By Onleilove Alston.   This election cycle has uncovered the racism, sexism, and nativism that...

October 2016

October 31, 2016
By Jacqui Lewis. As we stand on the precipice of a new presidential administration; as...
October 24, 2016
By Johnny Ramirez-Johnson. How would you feel today if you discovered that the credit card...
October 10, 2016
By Matthew L. Skinner.   The system is rigged. It always has been. Prosecutors manipulate...
October 03, 2016
By Eric D. Barreto.   If Jesus’ words never strike me as strange, if Jesus’...

September 2016

September 27, 2016
By Jacqui Lewis.   No wonder we don’t talk about verses 7-10 of this text....
September 12, 2016
By Keith Anderson. The curbside at Atlanta airport’s Terminal South is a strange place to...
September 09, 2016
By Karyn L. Wiseman. I went to Junior High and High School in the West...

August 2016

August 29, 2016
By Mihee Kim-Kort.   We are living in a world with no shortage of trauma...
August 22, 2016
By Billy Honor.   If you just listened to the current presidential candidates talk, you’d...
August 15, 2016
By Matthew L. Skinner.   Why We Can’t Wait is the familiar title of Martin...
August 10, 2016
By Greg Carey.   In some parts of our country firefighters refer to trees and...
August 01, 2016
By Karyn L. Wiseman.   iPhone or Droid? Right or wrong? Oreos or Chocolate Chips?...

July 2016

July 25, 2016
By Walter Brueggemann.   This poem in Hosea, by the force of prophetic imagination, takes...
July 18, 2016
By Onleilove Alston.   As I looked through my Facebook newsfeed I saw many of...
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