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I admit it. I succumbed to clickbait. I was reading a news article online this week and, as I neared the last paragraph, my eye was drawn to a box of  “trending” headlines further down the page. The headline that caught my eye was, of course, surrounded by content served up by an advertising company…

Reading the Gospel of Mark 5:21-43 “…he took her by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha cum’…” This passage from Mark 5:21-43 is included in the revised common lectionary provided by the Vanderbilt Divinity Library. The text is from the NRSV. You can hear a recording of this passage here. Reading the Gospel aloud…

As a lay reader, ultimate humility comes in realizing that the reading is not about you. You’re there to serve as the catalyst between members of the congregation and their own encounters with scripture. The reading is not about your skills or issues. It’s about experiences pertaining to the human condition as a whole, illuminated…
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