What’s so bad about being a pending Christian? by Rev. Mark Stenberg, Ph.D.  Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31  For Sunday, April 15, 2012: Year B—Easter 2  ”Doubting Thomas.” His name lives in infamy, the subject of scorn and shame. We’ve even invited our children to ridicule him for his unbelief in a Bible Song from the [...]

Simeon saw salvation in a very unlikely source. by Lauren F. Winner Gospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40 Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012: Year B – First Sunday of Christmas So much is going on in this passage. In case there was any doubt about Mary and Joseph’s religious credentials, here Luke presents them as devout and faithful, [...]