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Unless the Lord

Psalm 127 is rooted in a fundamental trust in God rather than trust in our own anxious toil. Our work can then become an act of trust, not arrogance, says the dean of Duke Chapel.

By Luke A. Powery Dean of Duke Chapel
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Making mud pies

When faced with desperate situations -- like some people in Haiti, who literally eat dirt because there is nothing else -- remember that God promises deliverance from exile and renewal in the transformation of the new creation in Christ.

By Christi O. Brown Pastoral associate for young adults
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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?

Samuel Wells: Turning all into alleluia

Theologian John Calvin described the ministry of Christ as a threefold office: prophet, priest and king. The former dean of Duke University Chapel explores what it might mean for an artist to exercise these three roles and fundamentally construct acts of worship.

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

By Christi O. Brown Pastoral associate for young adults

Everyone has scars and scar stories that are reminders of our wounds. But the scars of Christ are scars of hope, signs that God is with us through all things, says Christi O. Brown.

Learning to believe

By Ellen F. Davis Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School

For many of us, there is a huge gap between the Easter proclamation of joy and the felt reality of guilt, chaos and hopelessness. But practicing the forgiveness of sins is practicing resurrection; that is how we may come to believe that in the crucified and risen Lord, everything has changed, says Ellen F. Davis.