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Seventh Sunday of Easter – June 1, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 John 17:1-11

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By Bruce Epperly

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This Sunday, often celebrated as Ascension Sunday, invites us to be both he..

Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 25, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:8-20 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 15:14-21

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By Bruce Epperly

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Today’s readings invite us to think theologically, and try to mediate Christian spiritu..

Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 18, 2013

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14

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Today’s readings portray mystical and unitive experiences that issue in changed pers..

Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 11, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10

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Healthy spirituality is all-season: it embraces mind, body, spirit, and relationships; indivi..

Third Sunday of Easter – May 4, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Acts 2:1-4a. 36-41 Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-25

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Salvation or wholeness comes in many ways. If God has a truly personal rel..

Second Sunday of Easter – April 27, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Psalm 16 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31

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We can experience resurrection power in miraculous ways. We can experience divine resus..

First Sunday after Christmas – December 29, 2013

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Isaiah 63:7-9 Psalm 148 Hebrews 2:10-18 Matthew 2:13-23

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Today’s readings describe incarnational encounters. God is present in Jesus, an..

Christmas Eve/Christmas Day – December 24/25, 2013

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14; Matthew 2:1-12

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The Christmas narratives present us with a set of what process theologi..

Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 22, 2013

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25

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Does God communicate with humankind? During the Christmas season, films, t..

Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2013

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Alternate Reading 2: Isaiah 35:1-10 Psalm 146:5-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 Luke 1:46b-55

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Advent invites us to imagine “impossible” fut..