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Diane Roth

Diane Roth is a Lutheran pastor in Texas. She blogs at Faith in Community, part of the CCblogs network.

Sunday’s Coming

More than useful (2 Timothy 3:14-4:5)

Why read the Bible?
In the Lectionary

October 16, Ordinary 29C (Luke 18:1–8)

Luke says this story is about prayer. But the widow keeps asking for justice.
Sunday’s Coming

Ordinary people (Luke 17:11-19)

There is nothing wrong with the nine. There is something extraordinary about the one.
In the Lectionary

October 9, Ordinary 28C (Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7)

It’s not that Babylon was backward. But it wasn’t home.
Sunday’s Coming

Is our work too hard? (Luke 17:5-10)

Jesus doesn’t seem to think so.
In the Lectionary

October 2, Ordinary 27C (Lamentations 1:1–6)

These days it seems there are more and more opportunities for collective lament.
Sunday’s Coming

What are we weary of? (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)

Perhaps this verse has been lifted out of its context by design.
Sunday’s Coming

Questions our children ask (13A; Genesis 22:1-14)

Isaac has a voice.
Sunday’s Coming

United in death? (12A; Romans 6:1b-11)

Romans 6:3 is strange. A lot of pastors have it memorized.
In the Lectionary

July 5, Ordinary Time 14A (Genesis 24:34–38, 42–49, 58–67)

Doesn’t God have better things to do than arrange marriages?

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In the Lectionary

June 28, Ordinary Time 13A (Matthew 10:40–42)

What happens when we are the refugees, the strangers, and the dying?
In the Lectionary

June 21, Ordinary 12A (Matthew 10:24–39)

Jesus keeps saying, “Do not be afraid.” But there’s so much to be afraid of.
children behaving in church
CCblogs Network

Children behaving in church

We go to church to worship, not just to be polite.
CCblogs Network

Stranger in a strange land

The word missionary makes me cringe a little. But I was one, and it taught me a lot.
CCblogs Network

Children are the church

We miss a lot when we don't invite children's presence and participation in worship.
Sunday’s Coming

Showing the world our wounds (Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31)

Some people say they don’t identify as Christian because of what they see, or don’t see, in the church.

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