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Michael B. Brown: Raging winds and rising waters

Even after Hurricane Sandy left everyone feeling bruised and battered, the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, reassured his congregation that Christ is always with us in the storm.

By Michael B. Brown Senior minister, Marble Collegiate Church

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Rhonda Mawhood Lee: Go a little crazy on St. Francis Day

St. Francis didn’t argue with those who thought he’d lost his mind, says an Episcopal priest. He admitted he was fool enough to believe that Jesus meant his disciples to live as he had instructed.

By Rhonda Mawhood Lee Priest, spiritual director and writer

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William B. Kincaid: Three words for your ministry

By William B. Kincaid Associate professor, Christian Theological Seminary

Clarity, agility, proximity -- the director of field education at Christian Theological Seminary offers these words to a pastor beginning her ministry.

Michael B. Curry: We need some crazy Christians

Today’s Christians need to be as crazy as Jesus was, says the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in this sermon.

By Michael B. Curry Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church

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Ken Evers-Hood: What are you living for that's bigger than you?

King David suffered when he ignored the tradition that guided how to care for the ark of the covenant. We too suffer when we forget our indebtedness to the past and our obligation to the future.

By Ken Evers-Hood Pastor, Tualatin Presbyterian Church

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Jeremy Troxler: Run for your life

The original marathon was a life-and-death run to share good news -- an apt metaphor for life in Christ, says the director of the Thriving Rural Communities initiative at Duke Divinity School.

By Jeremy Troxler Pastor, Spruce Pine United Methodist Church

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Stanley Hauerwas: Recognizing Jesus

By Stanley Hauerwas Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus, Duke University

How are we to account for Simeon’s and Anna’s failure to respond to this baby as we would expect? Why do they, ignoring all suggestion of cultural convention, see this baby Jesus as God’s long-awaited salvation for Israel?

Emmanuel Katongole: Receiving such a one as this

By Emmanuel Katongole

By embracing the poor and weak in international ministry, we also learn to embrace those communities here in the U.S. -- and the vulnerable core of who we are as children of God -- says the Catholic priest and expert on global Christianity and reconciliation.

Samuel Wells: Let Earth and heaven agree

Why should Christians care about the fate of Earth? Because cherishing creation is the way we show God our gratitude, the way we humbly acknowledge our creatureliness, and an important way in which we worship, says the former dean of Duke Chapel.

By Samuel Wells Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

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Ronald G. Luckey: 'Well, what can you expect?'

By Ronald G. Luckey

Jesus is alive, and that means everything we have come to expect is up for grabs. Even the unexpected, says a Lexington, Ky., pastor.