​Third Sunday in Lent1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. […]

​1Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it […]

Leslie Weber, Chesapeake, VA Warm-up Question How would you define the word “repentance”?  Does your definition change if you are defining it in church terms vs. non-church terms? Changing Minds & Lives An article on NPR.org (based on a piece heard on All Things Considered) tells the story of Clark Porter, who at 17 was […]

Drew Tucker, Columbus, OH Warm-up Question What is it like to rebuild something that has been broken or destroyed, especially something you care about? Think about anything from relationships to toys, from sandcastles to careers. Rebuilding After nearly two decades of war, Iraq is rebuilding. Cities like Baghdad are bustling with new fashions in clothing […]