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Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter 4, John 10:1-10

April 30, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

John 10:1-10, John 10:11-18

In each year, on the fourth Sunday of Easter, the Revised Common Lectionary invites us to consider John 10. Why? They don’t say. They leave behind the resurrection appearances. Maybe they want us to look back at these earlier stories about Jesus and our relationship to him with the knowledge of his resurrection firmly in […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Uncategorized Tagged With: 4th Sunday of Easter, I Am sayings, I am the gate, John 10:1-10

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

August 27, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

On the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary time we are back in Mark. The lectionary continues where it left off before our five week sojourn in John on the Bread of Life. As is so often the case, the Revised Common Lectionary leaves out some bits of the passage so it looks like three short readings […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Uncategorized Tagged With: hand washing, Mark 7:1-8 14-15 21-23, tradition

Enrollment Is Open for My Lectio Divina Class!

November 20, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Hello friends! I haven’t posted on my blog for a long while due to publication deadlines and other obstacles. But at several speaking engagements I promised to run my online course on classical lectio divina again this Advent. The classic form of this ancient spiritual discipline is far richer (and a far better starting point) than […]

Filed Under: Bible, Prayer, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advent class, Lectio divina, online course

An Open Letter to the Electors of the Electoral College

December 14, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

letter to the electors

Below you will find an open letter to the Electors of the United States Electoral College for 2016. Yesterday I sent a very slightly different version to each of the electors for my home state of Pennsylvania. It may appear off of my usual historical and theological topics, but it is not. Theologically, this is […]

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How to Take Notes While You Read (Letters to a Young Pastor)

December 8, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

take notes while you read

Dear ______: As Sherlock would say, excellent observation, my dear Watson: My strategies for reading the texts assigned to you in your seminary classes are not always enough to make sure you learn what you need to learn. To learn from your reading you need to do more than let your eyes pass over the words. […]

Filed Under: Ministry, Seminary, Uncategorized Tagged With: Letters to a Young Pastor, marginalia, Taking notes while you read

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