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Lectionary Essays for the year 2023.
| Date Posted | Lectionary Essay Title | Author | 
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2023 | "Why Do You Come to Me?" The Baptism of Jesus | Dan Clendenin | 
| January 9, 2023 | The Great Congregation | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| January 15, 2023 | Dare to Dream | Dan Clendenin | 
| January 22, 2023 | Who is a God Like You? | Dan Clendenin | 
| January 29, 2023 | Honoring Black History | Dan Clendenin | 
| February 5, 2023 | Heaven and Earth as Witnesses | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| February 12, 2023 | The Secret Life of Christians | Dan Clendenin | 
| February 19, 2023 | Wednesday's Ashes | Dan Clendenin | 
| February 26, 2023 | Born From Above | Dan Clendenin | 
| March 5, 2023 | While We Were Still Sinners | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| March 12, 2023 | A Man Born Blind | Dan Clendenin | 
| March 19, 2023 | When Jesus Wept | Debie Thomas | 
| March 26, 2023 | Meditation on a Show Trial | Dan Clendenin | 
| April 2, 2023 | There You Will See Me | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| April 9, 2023 | Doubting Thomas | Dan Clendenin | 
| April 16, 2023 | Dinner at Emmaus | Dan Clendenin | 
| April 23, 2023 | Miracles and the Mundane | Dan Clendenin | 
| April 30, 2023 | Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled | Debie Thomas | 
| May 7, 2023 | The Church as Noah's Ark | Dan Clendenin | 
| May 14, 2023 | Taken Up To Heaven: The Ascension of Jesus | Dan Clendenin | 
| May 21, 2023 | Peace to You | Dan Clendenin | 
| May 28, 2023 | What I Do Is Me | Dan Clendenin | 
| June 4, 2023 | Abraham's Journey | Dan Clendenin | 
| June 11, 2023 | Is Anything Too Difficult for the Lord? | Dan Clendenin | 
| June 18, 2023 | Buried with Christ | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| June 25, 2023 | Befriending My Brokenness | Dan Clendenin | 
| July 2, 2023 | Church and State on the 4th of July | Dan Clendenin | 
| July 8, 2023 | God's Redemption in our Family Histories | Dan Clendenin | 
| July 16, 2023 | The Anxious Longing of Creation | Dan Clendenin | 
| July 23, 2023 | Passionate Love for the Kingdom of Heaven | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| July 30, 2023 | Transfiguring the Senses to Perceive Christ's Majesty | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| August 6, 2023 | There Is No Distinction | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| August 13, 2023 | Mercy on All | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| August 20, 2023 | But What About You? | Dan Clendenin | 
| August 27, 2023 | Exodus and Exile | Dan Clendenin | 
| September 3, 2023 | Let Me Sow Love | Dan Clendenin | 
| September 10, 2023 | No Right to Opinion | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| September 17, 2023 | Everything in Excess | Dan Clendenin | 
| September 24, 2023 | The Deepest Font of the Human Heart | Dan Clendenin | 
| October 1, 2023 | The Ineffable Name | Dan Clendenin | 
| October 8, 2023 | Euodia and Syntyche: Names in the Book of Life | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| October 15, 2023 | Should We Pay Taxes? | Dan Clendenin | 
| October 22, 2023 | On Israel and Palestine | Dan Clendenin | 
| October 29, 2023 | Souls and Saints | Michael Fitzpatrick | 
| November 5, 2023 | We're Tired of War! | Dan Clendenin | 
| November 12, 2023 | She Crushed His Head (Reading the Bible's Violent Verses) | Dan Clendenin | 
| November 19, 2023 | The Sheep and the Goats | Dan Clendenin | 
| November 26, 2023 | Naming Where We Are | Dan Clendenin | 
| December 3, 2023 | Poetry From Prison: "I Am Waiting" | Liz Milner | 
| December 10, 2023 | This Single Truth | Dan Clendenin | 
| December 17, 2023 | Word Made Flesh | Dan Clendenin | 
| December 24, 2023 | Praying the Names of Jesus | Dan Clendenin | 
| December 31, 2023 | From the River to the Desert | Dan Clendenin | 
[ 53 essays for 2023 from 1235 total lectionary essays ]