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The Passionate Jesus
Day1 host Peter Wallace's new book on the emotions of Jesus is, according to Marcus Borg, “An illuminating and powerful personal meditation." Ideal for personal or group study.
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A Message So Good as to Border on Folly
1 John 4:7-21
5th Sunday of Easter - Year B
May 06, 2012
The Very Rev. Stephen Carlsen (TEC)In school, one of the books many of us had to read was The Odyssey by the ancient Greek poet Homer. Over the years I have gone back and reread it and listened to it as a recorded book. What has struck me as I have re-read and listened to The Odyssey is how much better, how much nobler, are the human heroes than the gods in this story.
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Where to Begin?
Mark 1:9-15
First Sunday in Lent - Year B
February 26, 2012
The Rev. Christopher Henry (PCUSA)For many years, each spring semester, the late Reynolds Price, professor of English at Duke University and noted novelist and poet, taught a small group seminar titled, simply, "The Gospels." It was consistently one of the most competitive classes in the curriculum during registration, with a waiting list that grew by the hour. The class centered on close readings of the gospels of Mark and John, which the course description venerated as "documents largely unprecedented in world literature." After studying these two gospels, students began the one assignment that the class required--an original gospel of 30-50 pages, based on the readings and discussion of the seminar. As you might imagine, students panicked. I had more than one friend who went without sleep night after night as the deadline approached! How can one possibly write an original gospel? What must be included and what can be left out? How do you convey the deep meaning of the life of Jesus in your own words? Where do you begin?
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