Day: October 16, 2005

Loss of Mystery

When Jesus appointed the seventytwo to preach the gospel, he indicated that they were not merely authorized to preach the gospel, to speak about Jesus,

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by Ellen StephenWONDERTRANSITION

CONGRUITY To the Blessed Sacrament exposed Wafer thin slice of light–the local point of all the universes, every sun; the point of all that matters

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Theology’s Passive Voice

Schoolteachers caution against it, editors abhor it, even computerized grammar checks try to eliminate it–the passive voice. Strunk and White’s Elements of Style pronounces the

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A Church for Times Like This

The phone call interrupted the weekly text study I host for pastoral colleagues. The female caller identi- fied herself as Gretchen Johnson, the wife of

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After a Dry Summer

By almost any reckoning, it was a tough summer. Here in the Midwest it was also a very hot, dry summer with seven times more

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Who Will Take Our Place?

One of my colleagues retired this spring. It was a sad day both for me and for the congregation we served together. I saw more

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