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The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis
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The Fountain of Life

Psalm 36:5-10

2nd Sunday after Epiphany - Year C

January 20, 2013

The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis (other)

On a surprisingly warm-for-Chicago April day, our fourth-grade teacher took us to a nature preserve just outside the city. Mr. Smith was a sensitive, tall African-American man who had gone to teacher's college in Mississippi with my Aunt Verline. While we had lunch outside, Mr. Smith took a call inside the park office. With tears streaming down his crumpled face, he told us that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been assassinated.

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The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler
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Saint Carlton Is Lowest

Luke 6:20-31

All Saints' Day - Year C

November 07, 2010

The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler (TEC)

Carlton was not a high standing man according to the world--in fact, he was a low man in the world; but I always think of Carlton on All Saints Sunday. Saint Carlton.

At a certain time in my life, Carlton was a saint. Not a particularly holy man. Not an ardent defender of the poor. Not a figure of deep wisdom. At times, in fact, he was about the most pitiful person I could imagine.

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A Joyful Resolve: Transforming the Lives of the World's Poorest

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Closing the Great Chasm: Faith & Global Hunger Part 2

The Rev. Dr. Barbara K. Lundblad (ELCA)

In part 2 of our special series, "Faith & Global Hunger," Lutheran pastor and professor of preaching the Rev. Dr. Barbara Lundblad explores the biblical foundation for the call of God to help those in poverty.