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Karoline M. Lewis
Karoline M. Lewis is associate professor of biblical preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Anne Lamott, Ernest Hemingway, and a Gospel writer commiserate about revelation and disclosure
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Stumbling blocks everywhere
According to Jesus, chances are good that there's not going to be much left of us once we've admitted to just how often stumbling blocks stand in our way. Whether others put them there or we find ways to place them ourselves, they trip us up, keep us from moving forward, get us off track.
Disciples aren't greater than
Our proclivity for greatness is rather embarrassing, isn’t it? No wonder the disciples keep their mouths shut when Jesus inquires about the topic of their conversation on the road. We want it, and we want it big time—recognition, sway, importance—but we also get that we shouldn’t admit this out loud.
September 27, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 9:38-50
At this point in Mark, stumbling blocks seem a necessary point for conversation. We are good at placing them in others’ paths, and even better at setting them before ourselves.
Ordinary 25B (Mark 9:30-37)
This week’s Gospel may be the second Passion prediction, but being told that Jesus will be killed is no easier on the second hearing. Maybe the disciples don’t ask questions because they’re afraid it could be true.
Against Passion Sunday
I am thinking of starting a campaign to bring back Palm Sunday, without the additional observance of Passion Sunday....
Kangaroo care
Lately I've been thinking about Jesus' raising of Lazarus as the impetus for the authorities' wanting Jesus dead....
Sunday, April 10, 2011: John 11:1-45
In the Gospel of John, the raising of Lazarus is the cause of Jesus' death.
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Boundless discipleship: Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28
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