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Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: September 14 and 21
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.
Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: September 7 and 14
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.
Where is the God of Walter?
I’m not yet sure what to do in a world without Walter. But I know what he’d do—he’d go back to the text. And what do you know? Just like Walter said it would, the Bible has resources for us to think about the crisis of this day.
Of Water and Wafers: Resisting Inwardness in an AI World
Independence and autonomy are not the gifts of baptism or communion. Instead, these sacraments remind us that God comes to us from beyond ourselves—that salvation is given, not earned.
Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: August 31 and September 7
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.
Martha Martha Dragon Slayer (Luke 10:38-42)
Why is it different here? What is so different about Martha that her “ministry” becomes “tasks” and “meal prep”? It is curious, indeed.
Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: August 24 and 31
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.
When the Sunday Scaries Meet the Gospel: Meeting God in the Overwhelm
The Sunday Scaries—the creeping dread that arrives as the weekend slips away and the responsibilities of the new week inch closer—aren’t just cultural noise. They reflect something deeper: our desire to be in control of our lives, to meet expectations, and to stay ahead of what’s next. But into this anxious reality, the Gospel speaks a quiet and disruptive word of grace.
Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog: August 17 and 24
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.
Lectionary Musings from the Church Anew Blog
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.
Walk the Path with Me: Devotions for Dementia, Part 2
How am I able to live this way? Because I know God is my strength and song.
Speak Comfort To Me: Devotions for Dementia
Sometimes we all need to have space to be sad or angry, or unable to express ourselves. When you have dementia this becomes more difficult to direct... Here is where we can introduce scripture for those who are struggling to communicate.
The Great Aw(AI)kening: Could the Drive Towards Digital Efficiency Generate a Rekindling of Religiosity?
America’s thoroughly documented decline in religiosity appears to have hit a plateau. What does this mean for churches?
Agape: Accepting Ego-Sacrifice as a Foundation for Transformative Love
Agape—the radical, unconditional love taught by Jesus—is not merely an abstract virtue; it is a call to sacrifice the ego and accept reality as it is, so that we may love not only those who love us but also our enemies.
Doubting Thomas: A Disciple for a Digital Age
St. Thomas, who converted from doubt to belief when the resurrected Christ physically appeared to him, has undergone something of a conversion in the last two to three decades.
The Hidden Cost of AI for Church Leaders: Or, AI Took My Job (Satisfaction)
Will AI take your job? It’s more likely to take your job satisfaction, especially if you are a church leader - lay or ordained, staff or non-staff.
Beyond the Tweet: Building Online Church Community Without Meta or X
In this post, we’re going to redefine online church community—beyond the tweet.
The Church in 2025: A Community of Gracious Uncertainty
Moreso than any other community or institution, the church is uniquely situated to help communities navigate a year of uncertainty. And yet we must recognize that our culture is not one that is accustomed to uncertainty
Finding the Stillness of Advent in a Culture of Yuletide Intensity
Today I would argue that our current cultural understanding of Christmas isn't as a time of excess but as a time of fervor.
Sermon Writing with AI: When ChatGPT Meets the Lectionary
...it’s so critical for church leaders and preachers to learn to work alongside AI with equal levels of interest and skepticism...
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