Day1 Articles Archive

The Joy We Are So Apt to be Missing

The Rev. Frederick Buechner
Organization: Frederick Buechner Center
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

This is a Day1 Key Voice article by The Rev. Frederick Buechner.

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Ministry as a Millennial: Some Observations (and Maybe a Few Predictions) about Ministry in a Traditional, Institutional Church

The Rev. Dr. Christopher Thomas
Organization: First Baptist Church of Wilson, NC
Denomination: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Millennial ministers face a unique set of challenges, especially as the pace of change quickens.

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Frederick Schmidt: 5 Spiritual Truths that Won’t Change with the Election of a New President

The Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt
Organization: Not available
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

The climate of the current campaign for President of the United States would suggest that we have forgotten the lesson of 1 and 2 Kings.

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Greg Carey: Questions for Jesus' Parables

Dr. Greg Carey
Organization: Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA
Denomination: United Church of Christ

Jesus' parables -- vivid short stories and comparisons like the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the Laborers in the Vineyard -- make up the most distinctive element of his teaching. Lots of Jesus' contemporaries used parables, but nearly all interpreters agree that Jesus' stories stand out for what one commentator called their capacity 'to tease [the mind] into active thought.'

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Paul Wallace: The weight of God: William Lawrence Self in memoriam

The Rev. Dr. Paul Wallace
Organization: Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Denomination: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Aside from my father, no man has had a more lasting impact on my spiritual life than Bill Self, who baptized me, who was to me in my youth the very image of God.

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Kenneth Samuel: Back Home, but Not the Same

The Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Samuel
Organization: Victory for the World
Denomination: United Church of Christ

After the fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C., the prophet, Ezekiel issued a clarion call for the return to Israel of the Jewish exiles, who had been captive in ancient Babylon for some 70 years. You can imagine the great anticipation and the great relief that consumed the Jews as they prepared to go back home after decades of displacement in foreign lands.

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The Meaning of Life: A Parable

The Rev. Peter M. Wallace
Organization: St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, ‘Aiea, HI
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

On the night after I returned from a vacation to Southeast Asia, the day after the memorial service for my mentor and colleague and Day1 leader Dr. Bill Self, I had a dream....

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Martin Copenhaver: Pray Constantly

The Rev. Martin Copenhaver
Organization: Andover Newton Theological School
Denomination: United Church of Christ

This is what a day of praying without ceasing might look like...

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Weekly Sermon Illustration: The Body of Christ

The Rev. Frederick Buechner
Organization: Frederick Buechner Center
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

In our blog post each Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic. On January 24, 2016 we will celebrate the Third Sunday after the Epiphany.

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ON Scripture: Tamir Rice and the Anguish of Our National Sin (Nehemiah 8:1-10) By Robert Williamson

ON Scripture: The Bible
Organization: Odyssey Networks
Denomination: Not available

This week's ON Scripture Lectionary Resource

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Anthony Robinson: Sometimes a Sheep

The Rev. Anthony Robinson
Organization: Congregational Leadership Northwest, Seattle, WA
Denomination: United Church of Christ

I am sheep-like, or what I imagine sheep to be like, at least some of the time. I need my human version of green pastures and still waters, some safe pasture and sanctuary. I need a good shepherd to turn to, to check in with.

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Talitha Arnold: To Walk with God and One Another

The Rev. Talitha Arnold
Organization: United Church of Santa Fe, NM
Denomination: United Church of Christ

Whether from 3,000 years ago or a mere 300, the covenant to walk with God and one another affirms that faith is a journey, best taken with others.

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Frederick Schmidt: 5 Things the Church Should Tell the Candidates for President

The Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt
Organization: Not available
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

Dear Candidates for President of the United States (yes, all of you): On the subject of politics and religion: Please don’t mix the two…in the name of personal morality or in the name of social justice.

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Worship Movements 3/5: New Tunes, New Spirit

Marcia McFee
Organization: Not available
Denomination: United Methodist Church

In this blog series, we're exploring 20th century liturgical movements to understand how our recent past effects our modern worship practices.

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Carol Howard Merritt: How Do We Get People to Church?

The Rev. Carol Howard Merritt
Organization: Not available
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Attendance is down at church. At most places, there is a lag at Sunday morning services, Sunday school, or mid-week programs. It’s not just your church. It’s most churches. It’s easy to blame outside forces.

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Paul Raushenbush: 5 Vital Signs of Spiritual Life on a College Campus

The Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
Organization: Not available
Denomination: American Baptist Churches USA

The following piece is an edited version of a talk delivered on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Kay Spiritual Life Center at American University.

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Weekly Sermon Illustration: The Wedding at Cana

The Rev. Frederick Buechner
Organization: Frederick Buechner Center
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

In our blog post each Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic. On January 17, 2016 we will celebrate the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.

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Frederick Schmidt: Body Image and 5 Paths to Freedom

The Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt
Organization: Not available
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

Millions of women are subjected to abuse in smaller, unseen, and unacknowledged ways that subvert the lives, long before they are allowed to own the lives that God has given them.

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This week's ON Scripture Lectionary Resource

ON Scripture: The Bible
Organization: Odyssey Networks
Denomination: Not available

This week's ON Scripture Lectionary Resource

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Alisha L. Gordon: Women in Ministry: When the Call Is Enough

Huffington Post Black Voices
Organization: Not available
Denomination: Not available

We can trace the path of some of our most beloved biblical characters through their call to ministry: Moses, Gideon, even Jeremiah were called by God, pushed towards that call despite their own fears, and were reassured that God would be with them as they went forth in obedience. It's not nearly as common to hear of a 'call narrative' for women in the bible, however.

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