Seeing Christ in a C-section

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** Seeing the crucified Christ in my wife’s C-section
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I see love incarnate in suffering flesh, a body bearing a body in pain for love.
by Brad East
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** A letter from Paul to Christians in the US
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Let me cut to the chase, brothers and sisters. Is this what you think living in Christ looks like?

by Michael J. Gorman
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** Accompanying immigrants as they negotiate an unjust system
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"It’s easy to think of the border as some remote, far-off place, but the truth is that there are detention centers in nearly every state."

Elizabeth Palmer interviews Alejandra Oliva
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** In a politically divided church, what’s the preacher to do?
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The answer, says Leah Schade, is about dialogue as much as any single sermon.

by Clint Schnekloth
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** Living by the Word for Sunday, September 1
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Jesus and Maimonides are drinking from the same well: the book of Proverbs.

by Shai Held
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** Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
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The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.

by Myles Werntz
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** Prayer isn’t a gumball machine
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Toxic theology in the wake of mass violence

by Meghan Henning
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** We’re all going to die. Why is it so hard to talk about it?
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Most of us don’t fear death so much as the process leading up to it.

by Lori Erickson
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** A wedding reception that felt like Cana
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We drank wine, danced with abandon, and caught a glimpse of grace.

by Craig Barnes
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