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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: February 15, 22, and Ash Wednesday

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness.

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Rev. Emmy Kegler Rev. Emmy Kegler

Resources for Right Now- Vigil of Witness and Lament

God of steadfast love, be with us in our gathering, our grief, and our fear. Soften our hearts to receive your love, and strengthen our bodies to act with justice. Out of the depths we cry to you; fill us with the peace that passes all human understanding. Amen.

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Rev. Emmy Kegler Rev. Emmy Kegler

Resources for Right Now - Transfiguration Sunday

In the face of ongoing anti-immigration acts in Minnesota and throughout our nation, we offer notes on the lectionary texts along with a call to worship, prayer of the day, prayer petitions, and dismissal all grounded in the day’s Gospel text and in God’s everlasting cry for justice.

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary Rev. Emmy Kegler

Resources for Right Now

Resources for Right Now is a living resource crafted amid the January 2026 escalation of violent immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this collection, we hope to equip the church’s leaders with diverse ways to speak into this moment, in sermon prompts, short illustrative stories, songs new and old, and liturgy and prayers. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: January 25 and February 1

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Ministry Amidst Cataclysm: Epiphanytide Reflections

Each week we at Church Anew provide you with Lectionary Musings, a collection of previous posts related to the lectionary texts for the coming Sundays and feast days. This post is not that. This post is for my fellow ministers and church leaders staring down Sunday and wondering: How do I lead in a time like this?

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: Through Christmas and Into Epiphany

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: Advent and Christmas

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: December 14 and 21, as Christmas Approaches

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: December 7 and 14, as Advent Dawns

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: November 23 and 30, and Looking Toward Advent

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: November 16 and 23, and Looking Toward Advent

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler Ministry, Preaching, Lectionary, Lectionary Musings Rev. Emmy Kegler

Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: October 26 and November 2

Each week, we’ll offer a curated selection of blog posts that speak to the upcoming lectionary texts to help spark your imagination and serve as a thought partner for you. We hope these musings meet you right where you are with a fresh, bold, and faithful witness. 

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