Tag: lectionary
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Jesus Cleanses the Temple: A Contemporary Retelling
My husband, the Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Ott, just wrote this contemporary retelling of Mark 11: 15-18 for his sermon this coming Sunday. What an important text for what is going on in our society today. Thanks to Dan for giving me permission to share. “Today an indigent man shocked the community when he staged…
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Stuck in Sheol, the Place of the Dead
Two Sundays ago we had fifty-five students come over to our college’s Presbyterian House for our first program of the year. It was great. We made ice cream sundaes, sat around in the grass, and listened to live music. After a little while, I led a brief devotion. To match the casual tone of the…
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about the widow of Zarephath
1 Kings 17: 1-24 I am irritated with the prophet Elijah. He assumed the widow was afraid. Commentators assume this too. They say Elijah needed to assure the widow that she could trust him. I don’t read it this way. The widow doesn’t feel afraid to me. She feels done. She tried to tell Elijah…
Teri McDowell Ott 