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O God, where is justice?

How do we live as people of faith in a world that seems so often to be dominated by the wrong? The prophet Habakkuk gives

Ted Grimsrud

September 29, 2014

Healing is God’s final word

We continue with Jeremiah’s “little book of consolation” (chapters 30-33). Coming in the midst of great trauma and grief, these chapters are meant to sustain

Ted Grimsrud

September 15, 2014

Mercy, hope amid trauma

This quarter’s first four lessons come from what has been called Jeremiah’s “little book of consolation” (chapters 30-33). The book as a whole powerfully asserts

Ted Grimsrud

September 1, 2014

Love, money go together

The text for Aug. 24 is part of the same letter we studied for Aug. 17: Paul’s “letter of tears” in which he seeks reconciliation

Reta Halteman Finger

August 18, 2014

Reconciliation among cracked clay pots

The text for Aug. 10 is a good example of what happens when we read other people’s mail. We can barely figure out what is

Reta Halteman Finger

August 4, 2014

The second most interesting topic

If the previous lesson was about sex, the next two concern the second most interesting topic: food! But the two texts are different. Chapter 8

Reta Halteman Finger

July 7, 2014

Can factions find unity?

The Apostle Paul did not write to you and me. When we read his epistles, we are reading other people’s mail. Each letter was directed

Reta Halteman Finger

June 23, 2014

Two prophets, one mission

There are two distinct topics presented in these lessons, though the post-exilic setting in Jerusalem remains the same. In 520 B.C., our prophet Haggai has

Reta Halteman Finger

June 9, 2014

Prophet says: Get to work!

To readers of this column: time for a short quiz. 1: Who’s Haggai? If in the distant past you memorized the books of the Bible,

Reta Halteman Finger

May 26, 2014

What’s your reality?

Reality is a fragile thing. It is no wonder we spend so much time convincing ourselves otherwise. We prefer thinking our world is predictable, stable

Patrick Nafziger

May 12, 2014

Jesus’ temptations are our own

Jesus was famished when the devil came to him. He wasn’t just hungry. It’s not like he just worked through lunch for a day or

Patrick Nafziger

April 28, 2014

Death consumed by life

There is a spark of God hidden within each one of us. For some the spark only smolders and smokes, layers of ash encasing the

Patrick Nafziger

April 14, 2014

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