Lectionary Essays for the year 2009.
| Date Posted |
Lectionary Essay Title |
Author |
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January 5, 2009 |
From the Judean Desert to the Jordan River: John Baptizes His Cousin Jesus
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 12, 2009 |
Is God Still Speaking? Samuel and the Silence of God
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 19, 2009 |
"The Time Has Come" Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2009
|
Dan Clendenin |
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January 26, 2009 |
Who Speaks for God?
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 2, 2009 |
Perfection is the Voice of the Oppressor: A Spirituality of Imperfection
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 9, 2009 |
A Nameless Nobody Advises a "Great Man": The Outsider In, the Insider Out
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 16, 2009 |
A Beautiful Lie or an Eyewitness Account? The Transfiguration of Jesus
|
Dan Clendenin |
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February 23, 2009 |
Meditation on Mortality: First Sunday in Lent 2009
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Dan Clendenin |
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March 2, 2009 |
Grace is Free, But It's Not Cheap Second Sunday in Lent 2009
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 9, 2009 |
Jesus Unhinged; the Cleansing of the Temple Third Sunday in Lent 2009
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 16, 2009 |
Far From Over: The Costs and Consequences of War in Iraq: Fourth Sunday in Lent 2009
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 23, 2009 |
The Confession of a King: Fifth Sunday in Lent 2009
|
Dan Clendenin |
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March 30, 2009 |
Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday: "He's No Friend of Caesar!": Sixth Sunday in Lent 2009
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Dan Clendenin |
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April 6, 2009 |
"Judge For Yourselves"
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Dan Clendenin |
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April 13, 2009 |
"They Enjoyed The Favor of All the People" Christian Generosity of Community and Compassion
|
Dan Clendenin |
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April 20, 2009 |
Every Name in Every Nation: Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Dan Clendenin |
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April 27, 2009 |
The Only Way to the Only God?
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 4, 2009 |
In Divine Desertion, A Human Presence: Saintly Wisdom from Two Teresas
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Dan Clendenin |
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May 11, 2009 |
That Your Joy May Be Complete: Ancient Poetry for Modern Pilgrims
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 18, 2009 |
Human Decision and Divine Destiny: Judas and Matthias
|
Dan Clendenin |
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May 25, 2009 |
The Descent of a Dove and the Peace of Pentecost
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 1, 2009 |
God Infinite, God Intimate
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 8, 2009 |
Facebook Wisdom: "Life Does Not Turn By Your Own Hand"
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 15, 2009 |
"After He Killed Him, He Cut Off His Head:" David, Goliath, and Sacred Violence
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 22, 2009 |
Listening to the Losers: The True Nature of War
|
Dan Clendenin |
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June 29, 2009 |
Are We Really Listening to the Right Messages? Reflections on a Teenage Suicide
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 6, 2009 |
Deceptively Simple, Deeply Subversive: John the Baptist, Politics and Religion
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 13, 2009 |
One New Humanity: Salvation is from the Jews
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Dan Clendenin |
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July 20, 2009 |
The Divine Father of the Whole Human Family
|
Dan Clendenin |
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July 27, 2009 |
Accept No Substitutes: Earthly Appetites, Heavenly Bread, and Human Wholeness
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 3, 2009 |
Putting Off Vice, Putting On Virtue: Becoming Truly Holy and Fully Human
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 10, 2009 |
The "Anti-Politics" of the Gospel: What We Learn from King Solomon
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 17, 2009 |
No More! "Many Disciples Deserted Jesus"
|
Dan Clendenin |
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August 24, 2009 |
From Ritual Holiness to Human Compassion: Jesus and the Politics of Purity
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Dan Clendenin |
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August 31, 2009 |
Don't Flatter the Rich or Plunder the Poor
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 7, 2009 |
Taming the Tongue
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 14, 2009 |
From the Faculty Club to the Church Nursery: Little Children and the Kingdom of God
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 21, 2009 |
Transcendent and Immanent: Honoring God's Mystery, Embracing His Goodness
|
Dan Clendenin |
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September 28, 2009 |
Between Nature and Grace
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 6, 2009 |
The Problem of Evil and the Providence of God: Our Gray and Dappled World
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 12, 2009 |
Not So with You
|
Dan Clendenin |
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October 19, 2009 |
The Story of Job: Personal Disaster Reveals Genuine Faith
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Dan Clendenin |
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October 26, 2009 |
"A Remarkable Exercise in Honest Thinking:" Reformation Day 2009
|
Dan Clendenin |
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November 2, 2009 |
She Gave All That She Had: Finding Wisdom in the Lives of Three Widows
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Dan Clendenin |
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November 9, 2009 |
"You Must Be On Your Guard:" 10 Warning Signs That Religion Has Become Evil
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Dan Clendenin |
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November 16, 2009 |
Can a Good Christian Be a Good Citizen? The Reign of Christ the King
|
Dan Clendenin |
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November 23, 2009 |
Feed My Sheep — Every Day
|
Art Ammann |
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November 30, 2009 |
From the Deep of the Desert: The Subversion of Politics and Religion
|
Dan Clendenin |
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December 7, 2009 |
From Political Analysis to Moral Accountability: Ancient Poetry and Modern "Eliminationism"
|
Dan Clendenin |
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December 14, 2009 |
"Immensity Cloistered in Thy Dear Womb:" Venerating the Mother of God, Worshipping the Son of God
|
Dan Clendenin |
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December 21, 2009 |
"Plunge Yourself Into Obscurity:" The Hidden Years of the Boy Jesus
|
Dan Clendenin |
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December 28, 2009 |
The Fulfillment of Time: When Creation in Genesis Meets Redemption in Jesus
|
Dan Clendenin |
