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Reflection for All Saints Day

The Lectionary readings for All Saints Day and All Souls day include lovely words and images of God’s care for us and the divine promise

Joanna Harader

October 30, 2015

Sociopaths, Samaritans and all the rest of us

I’ve never been especially fond of the Parable of the Good Samaritan — or, as I like to think of it, “the Parable of Common

Meghan Good

October 29, 2015

You can’t kill Hitler

Last week, while wandering through Exodus 15 debating whether or not the death of Pharaoh’s soldiers was justified, the teenagers (I would call them “my

Hillary Watson

October 28, 2015

An apathetic generation?

For the past several years, the current generation of 20-30 years old has often been labeled as lazy, self-centered and disinterested in local and global

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

October 27, 2015

Comparing ourselves to whom?

A funny thing happened when I moved to D.C. six years ago. I went from being surrounded by a laid-back crew of seminarians, pastors, poets

Micah Bales

October 26, 2015

The winners write history

I was driving my 15-year-old to her orchestra rehearsal last night. It was one of those days where she had like a few hours at

Robert Martin

October 25, 2015

Gun madness

Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted because they are no more... — Jeremiah 31:15-17 Blessed are the peacemakers. — Matthew 5:1-11 After

John W. de Gruchy

October 24, 2015

Growing together with refugees

I’ve been paying attention to Germany lately. And not just because my wife happens to be there visiting dear friends of ours who live in

Ryan Dueck

October 23, 2015

Giving up on nonviolence

The more I watch the news, scroll through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and listen to NPR, the more I wonder if peace is possible.

Kurt Willems

October 22, 2015

Sin problems and skin problems

"Racism is a sin problem, not a skin problem." Have you heard this statement? I recently saw it on Mike Huckabee's extraordinarily problematic Twitter timeline

Austin Channing Brown

October 21, 2015

Putting out fires

It was a normal Sunday afternoon… well, normal for me… running a few errands around town for my wife as we were preparing to host

Robert Martin

October 20, 2015

‘Humus beings’ — wordplay or clue to our origin?

I have always had a fascination with words, languages, wordplays and puns. So it probably wouldn’t surprise you if I told you that I would

Don Clymer

October 19, 2015

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