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We have the choice, every day, to join in the revelry, to imbibe the sweet wine of undeserved grace, or to pout like Jonah, argue fairness like the vineyard employees, resent our own family like the prodigal’s older brother. At its best, the church administers the sacraments by feeding, healing, forgiving, comforting, and welcoming home the people God loves. At its worst, the church withholds the sacraments in an attempt to lock God in a theology, a list of rules, a doctrinal statement, a building.
Searching for Sunday
Rachel Held Evans
One of the other teens nicknamed him the King of First Impressions. He was fun to be with, and always so cheerful. But despite all this, there was something about him that seemed a little off, even slightly disturbing. It seemed to some that there wasn’t much else to him, nothing of substance behind the pretty face.
Lethal Marriage
Nick Pron
For the Benedictus, see Psalms 41:3; 72:18; 106:48; 111:4; 132:17; Ezekiel 29:21; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalm 106;10; Micah 7:20; Psalm 106:45; Exodus 2:24; Psalm 105:8–9; Jeremiah 11:5; Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 9:2; and Psalm 107:10. And for the Nunc Dimittis, see Genesis 46:30 and Isaiah 52:10; 49:6.
The First Christmas
Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
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