Lectionary Essays for the year 2012.
| Date Posted |
Lectionary Essay Title |
Author |
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January 2, 2012 |
"I Know How You Feel:" The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 9, 2012 |
Intimately Acquainted with All My Ways
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 16, 2012 |
Are You An Evangelical?
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 23, 2012 |
Honor to Whom Honor is Due: Celebrating Black History Month
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 30, 2012 |
"This is Why I Have Come:" Healing and Wholeness for Body and Soul
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 6, 2012 |
A Little Girl Heals a Great Man: Exclusion and Embrace
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 13, 2012 |
Discerning Divine Judgment
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 20, 2012 |
A Day of Ashes and Rituals of Renewal
|
Ron Hansen |
|
February 27, 2012 |
A Staggering Difference and a Profound Transformation
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 5, 2012 |
The Word of the Cross and the Wisdom of the World
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 12, 2012 |
It's True: Confession is Good for the Soul
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 19, 2012 |
The "Backward Life" of Lenten Spring
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 26, 2012 |
The Edge of the World
|
Sara Miles |
|
April 2, 2012 |
"They Didn't Believe the Women"
|
Dan Clendenin |
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April 9, 2012 |
Communities of Compassion, Then and Now
|
Dan Clendenin |
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April 16, 2012 |
We Can Do Better: Holocaust Remembrance Day
|
Dan Clendenin |
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April 23, 2012 |
Altruism: The World of Nature Points to the Way of Grace
|
Dan Clendenin |
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April 30, 2012 |
A Father, A Son, and Two Important Questions
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 7, 2012 |
"Let the Rivers Clap Their Hands"
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 14, 2012 |
Judas and Matthias: Human Decisions and Divine Destiny
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 21, 2012 |
The Comforter Has Come: Everywhere, Always, for All
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 28, 2012 |
The Infinite God as Truly Intimate: Trinity Sunday
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 4, 2012 |
Collision Course: The Kingdom of God and the Status Quo of the World
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 11, 2012 |
Walking the Ancient Way of Saint James: Expecting the Unexpected
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 18, 2012 |
A Note to Our Readers: JwJ 2004–2012
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 25, 2012 |
I'm Already Against the Next War: War and Violence, Sacred and Secular
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 2, 2012 |
"They Took Offense at Him:" Losing Your Mind to Find Your Way
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 9, 2012 |
Sacred Scripture, Violent Verses: How Should We Read the Bible's Texts of Terror?
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 16, 2012 |
He Made the Two One
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 23, 2012 |
Befriending our Brokenness: Lessons from Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 30, 2012 |
Human Desires Divinely Filled: Jesus the Bread of Life
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 6, 2012 |
A Deep Moment: The Way of Saint James and the Words of Jesus
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 13, 2012 |
"An Inevitable and Tragic Conflict:" The Christian Gospel and America's Presidential Election
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 20, 2012 |
Were the First Christians Cannibals? "Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood"
|
Dan Clendenin |
|
August 27, 2012 |
Religious Faith: Worthless or Faultless?
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 3, 2012 |
Playing Favorites: What Will Campbell Learned
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 10, 2012 |
"Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak:" Toxic Talk and The Virtue of Silence
|
Dan Clendenin |
|
September 17, 2012 |
Saying Yes to Women and Children: Contrarian Wisdom for a Fallen World
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 24, 2012 |
Was Ann Romney Right? Infinite Mystery, Intimate Goodness
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 1, 2012 |
"Who Has Invented Our Enmity?" Ecumenical Generosity For World Communion Sunday
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 8, 2012 |
At Least He Was Honest: The Rich Young Ruler
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 15, 2012 |
Cheap Success or Self-Surrender?
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 22, 2012 |
Piety and Prosperity: A Satanic Wager
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 29, 2012 |
What's So Golden About the Golden Rule?
|
Ron Hansen |
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November 5, 2012 |
America's Presidential Election and The "Public Face of God's Purpose"
|
Dan Clendenin |
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November 12, 2012 |
"Watch Out," Says Jesus: Ten Warning Signs That Religion Has Become Evil
|
Dan Clendenin |
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November 19, 2012 |
"Yes, I am a King:" The Anti-Politics of Christ the King
|
Dan Clendenin |
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November 26, 2012 |
A Season of Difficult Hope
|
Art Ammann |
|
December 3, 2012 |
A Desert and a Dungeon: God's Presence in our Place
|
Dan Clendenin |
|
December 10, 2012 |
Our God-haunted World
|
Marilynne Robinson |
|
December 17, 2012 |
"Blessed is the Child You Will Bear:" Advent and Anxiety
|
Dan Clendenin |
|
December 24, 2012 |
Best Books of 2012
|
Dan Clendenin |
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December 31, 2012 |
America's Infanticide: No Cheap Comfort
|
Dan Clendenin |
