Week 7 (Year 1, NL)
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Repenting with broken hearts (Psalm 51)
For many, repent is a hurt-filled word. That’s a shame, because we need it more than ever.
August 4, Ordinary 18B (2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a; Psalm 51:1–12)
There is no one who does not need God’s mercy and no one who may not have it.
July 28, Ordinary 17B (2 Samuel 11:1–15)
It’s almost as if power and prestige somehow facilitate abusive patterns and protect perpetrators!
A famous Passion play’s evolution
In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.
July 25, Ordinary 17B (2 Samuel 11:1–15)
Scripture does not accept David's behavior for business as usual, and neither should we.
A God who does laundry (Lent 5B) (Psalm 51:1-12)
On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance
When a father and husband walked out, grace called him home
I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.
What mercy in the criminal justice system could look like
What if all were extended the gift of a second chance?
Read the Rape of Tamar, and pay attention to the verbs
The story's action words tell us a lot about power and who has it.