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Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Rev. Dr. Jared E. Alcantara Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Rev. Dr. Jared E. Alcantara

Without our wound, where would our power be?

Jared E. Alcantara is Professor of Preaching at Truett Seminary at Baylor University. He was born and raised in New Jersey and came to faith in Christ at the age of 14. He is half Latino, Honduran, and half white and, in 2022, he mentione that, in an age marked by loss, there are plenty of reasons for us to lament, but there are not nearly enough lamenting groups to go around. Let's revisit his talk from Enfleshing Witness 2022.

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Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Erin Weber-Johnson Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Erin Weber-Johnson

In This Crucial Election Year What Will Your Community Do on Day One?

On Day One of the next administration (and in whatever follows), communities of faith must continue the work being God’s people. Regardless of whether you see the outcome you desire or not, the work will need to go on. You’ll either be working in alignment with those you trust, or you’ll be in the resistance against those you do not trust. Either way, there will be work to do.

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I lift my eyes to the hills

Jeff Chu wears several hats, including writer, reporter, and editor. He's also the co curator and co-host with Sarah Bessie of Evolving Faith. He's an occasional preacher. Some days, Jeff says he believes in God. Other days, he wants to believe in God.

Let’s revisit Chu’s talk from our 2022 Enfleshing Witness gathering.

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Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Rev. Ranjit Mathews Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Rev. Ranjit Mathews

Tethered Away From God

The Reverend Ranjit Mathews preaches because God has called him to prophetic and embodied witness to those with ears to hear. His vocation is to love extravagantly, and to invite the shedding from systems of white supremacy, purity culture, patriarchy, and the gospel of production. Let’s revisit his talk from our 2021 Enfleshing Witness gathering.

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Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Dr. Christine Hong Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Personal Reflection Dr. Christine Hong

Your Words Will Become Seeds

Dr. Christine Hong usually mostly writes and teaches, instead of preaches, as a seminary professor. But after her writing and teaching slips into sermon mode, and she's mostly sorry about it, Christine mostly teaches and preaches to seminary students and their loved ones at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. Christine preaches among an amazing group of colleagues and friends with the spirits of her ancestors.

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Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Preaching, Personal Reflection Bishop Michael Curry Ministry, Commentary, Lectionary, Preaching, Personal Reflection Bishop Michael Curry

Bishop Michael Curry’s Christmas Message

The message of the angel is as scandalous and striking now as it was then. For in it is embedded God’s message in the death and resurrection of Jesus: to trust and believe in the invincibility of the good in spite of the titanic reality of evil, because God is good all the time.

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Planting Gardens of Belonging

The task at hand for young people of faith is to draw from our traditions to steward this change—this social transformation—towards the redemptive possibilities of loving exceedingly, seeking justice, practicing hospitality, and giving generously. In doing so, we might reimagine and create anew the means through which our communities join together across differences.

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