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Craig Kocher
Craig Kocher is associate dean of the chapel and director of religious life at Duke University.
The last first: Matthew 20:1-16
All day long a landowner has been going into the marketplace to hire workers for his vineyard and now only one group remains....
Known by our love: Romans 14:1-12
We cannot choose who God will call into Christ’s body in baptism.
Who then can be saved?
Is Jesus the only way? Is Jesus the one gate of eternal life? Will all be saved? How are Christians to relate to people of other traditions?...
Morning breath
The first thing the resurrected Jesus does in the presence of his disciples in the Upper Room is breathe....
Encountering the resurrection
The music is out in brassy force, the altar flowers are in full
bloom, and the sanctuary is full of people not seen since December....
Sunday bloody Sunday
The church suffers from a bit of schizophrenia about Palm Sunday. Should the focus be on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the “Hosannas!” of the shouting crowd?...
Dying of words
I’ve noticed an alarming trend in ministry with college students: they use words better in technological media than in person....
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