Lent 1: The task of our journey
Mark 1:9-15Editor’s Note: This devotional is the first of seven to run in the Outlook in observance of the 2009 Lenten season. They are based on the lectionary texts for each week.
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Mark 8:31-38Editor’s Note: This devotional is the second of seven to run in the Outlook in observance of the 2009 Lenten season. They are based on the lectionary texts for each week.
View ArticleLent 3: Temple cultus superceded
John 2:13-22John’s account of Jesus’ activity in the temple portrays Jesus going to Jerusalem early in his ministry.
View ArticleLent 4: Jesus and Nicodemus
John 3:14-21This passage represents the conclusion of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus about rebirth and baptism, and in a sense answers Nicodemus’ final question “How can these things be?” (3:9).
View ArticleThe Golden Rule
Editor’s Note: This is the thirteenth essay in a series dealing with theological topics of interest and importance to Presbyterians.
View ArticleCommon Threads
As we gather in God’s presence, we like various beads are strung,Some with gifts of proven merit, some unheralded and unsung.
View ArticleWay-Points: Spirit’s respite
Our modern lives are full and we often find ourselves compelled to do more or get more with the time we have.
View ArticleSeminary in the woods
Is there a better place to discern one’s vocation than out in the woods?
View ArticleBenedictory: Breakfast in bed
On a cold January Sunday morning in Austin, my wife and I woke up wanting bagels — warm and fresh from a local bagel shop near the University of Texas.
View ArticleIntentional Community: A new kind of church planting
In corners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) innovative church planters are creating worshipping communities far different from the cultures of typical aging PC(USA) congregations.
View ArticleSinging, praying
On the bulletin board in the choir room at the Pasadena Church, there was a poster with a line drawing of someone in a choir robe and the caption: “The one who sings prays twice.”
View ArticleLent5: Fifth Sunday in Lent, The hour has come
John 12:20-33The hour has comeThe events described in this passage occur in the Gospel of John subsequent to the triumphal entry.
View ArticleLent6: Palm Sunday – Sixth Sunday in Lent: Lowly Messiah
Mark 11:1-11This story it set within the bounds of Mark’s overall narrative of Jesus’ passion;
View ArticleLent7 Easter: Resurrection of the Lord — Easter Day
According to the earliest manuscripts, this passage constitutes the end of the Gospel of Mark.
View ArticleLent 6: Lowly Messiah
Mark 11:1-11This story it set within the bounds of Mark’s overall narrative of Jesus’ passion; it begins the final week of Jesus’ life.
View ArticleLENT 7: Resurrection of the Lord — Easter Day
Mark 16:1-8According to the earliest manuscripts, this passage constitutes the end of the Gospel of Mark. The “long ending” (vv. 9-20) appears only later, and consists of a collection of traditions...
View ArticleLenten Lectionary-Inspired Hymns from 2010
Lenten Lectionary-Inspired Hymns These eight new hymn texts—two for Ash Wednesday, and one for each of the Sundays in Lent, including Passion / Palm Sunday—closely follow the texts and themes of the...
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