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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 19, 20224 min read
“Why Mary Magdalene?”
In John’s gospel, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb while it is still dark. Why? She is not there to anoint the body – that’s already...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 9, 20224 min read
"Boldly Singing”
Let me try and set the scene for you. The Holy City is flooded with people. (It is a bit like how people describe Charleston during the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 2, 20224 min read
"The Scent of Prayer”
Sometimes it can be hard to discern why certain texts are thrust together by the lectionary, like strangers on a subway car – some...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 26, 20224 min read
"Happy Are...”
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann says, provocatively, “Churches should be the most honest place in town, not the happiest.” Why...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 19, 20224 min read
"Thirsty”
There are so many well-known psalms! Just one phrase is enough to set people nodding in recognition. For instance: “The Lord is my...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 6, 20224 min read
“Guardian Angel”
Every year the lectionary invites us to begin this season by considering the story of Jesus’ testing in the wilderness. Matthew, Mark,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 27, 20224 min read
"Light From the Mountains
“There's a spring in the mountain and it flows down to the town, from the river to the ocean, goes to whole world round that spring of...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 20, 20224 min read
“Love your Enemies”
Jesus hardly takes a breath after proclaiming the blessings and woes that we dealt with last week. He moves straight into a series...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 13, 20225 min read
"Blessings and Curses
Jeremiah’s images are familiar. He talks about shrubs in the desert - parched places, uninhabited salt land. We can almost feel the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Feb 6, 20224 min read
"Fire and..."
“In the year that King Uzziah died” Isaiah had a vision of the Lord sitting on the throne and the hem of his robe filled the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 30, 20223 min read
"Facing Dragons"
If you’ve ever been to a wedding, there is a pretty good chance that you have heard at least part of this passage read. But that is...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 23, 20225 min read
“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”
The body metaphor lifted up in our passage was not original to Paul. Others in the Roman world, especially politicians and philosophers,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 16, 20224 min read
“Who is gifted?”
Paul takes a deep breath before starting on a new topic with the Corinthians: giftedness. What does being gifted mean? 1 Corinthians...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 9, 20224 min read
"Into the Waters"
We Christians have had 2000 years to get used to the idea of baptism, but what do you suppose it meant to those who flocked out into the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 2, 20224 min read
“Following the Star”
“Pilgrimage” is defined as a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place. After my experience this past summer – hiking 400...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 24, 20214 min read
“In those days”
Those days were just like any other: with people working to put food on the table before falling into an exhausted, restless sleep; with...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 19, 20214 min read
“From little Bethlehem”
“Each night, we secretly huddled around the wireless,” she remembered, “eagerly hoping to receive some coded message that meant,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 12, 20213 min read
"Elizabeth's Impact"
And just like that, the angel left Mary … and she was alone: alone with the consequences of saying yes to God; alone with her thoughts,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 5, 20214 min read
"Yet Another Interruption"
For many, COVID has been one grand interruption! We were working and worshiping. studying and serving, building and buying … and then...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 28, 20213 min read
“Promises”
Jeremiah 33:14-16 November 28, 2021 Dr. Todd R. Wright “The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I...
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