Volume 14, Issue 7
Pentecost: Proper 22- Proper 29
October 7- November 25, 2007

[previous issues]

I. BENCHMARKS

• A Letter from the Editor

II. AT THE WORKBENCH

Exploring the Pattern:
Themes and Motifs with Parallel Readings
and Critical Background

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Season of Pentecost

October 7, 2007 Luke 17:5-10 Proper 22

• Walter Isaacson, "Einstein & Faith," Time Magazine
• Atul Gawande, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
• Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
• Bernard Brandon Scott, Re-imagine the World
• Richard Valantasis, The New Q: A Fresh Translation with Commentary

October 14,2007 Luke 17:11-19 Proper 23

• Ron MacIver, "A Letter from Ron MacIver," A Pause for Beauty
• Courtland Milloy, "Familiar Tale of a Future Gone Awry," Washington Post
• William R. Herzog II, Prophet and Teacher: An Introduction to the Historical Jesus

October 21,2007 Genesis 32:22-31 Proper 24

• Theodore Roethke, "In a Dark Time," The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
• Dag Hammarskjold, Markings
• Dalai Lama, Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
• Walter Brueggemann, "The Struggle Toward Reconciliation," Talking About Genesis: A Resource Guide
• Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, Genesis: The Beginning of Desire

October 28,2007 Luke 18:9-14 Proper 25

• Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
• Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickenson
• John Banville, The Untouchable
• George Bilgere, "Crusoe," The Good Kiss
  
• Amy-Jill Levine, The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus

November 4,2007 Isaiah 1:10-18 Proper 26

• Jason Byassee, "Room Service," The Christian Century
• Timothy B. Tyson, Blood Done Sign My Name
• Wendell Berry, The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
• Marcus J. Borg, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time
• Walter Brueggemann, Isaiah 1-39

November 11,2007 Luke 20:27-38 Proper 27

• R.T. Rundle Clark, "Egyptian coffin text," Parabola
• Diarmuid Murchú, Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics
• Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and The Jesus Seminar, The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus, New Translation and Commentary
• Elizabeth Boyden Howes, Jesus' Answer to God

November 18,2007 Luke 21:5-19 Proper 28

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Catholic Worker
• Loretta Lynn, "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven," Hymns
• Laura Mirsky, "The Community Conferencing Center: Restorative Practices in Baltimore, Maryland," E-Forum
• William R. Herzog II, Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God
• Map from E. P. Sanders, Judaism: Practice and Belief
• Map from Karen Armstrong, Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths.

November 25,2007 Jeremiah 23:1-6 Proper 29

• Kay McSpadden, "One Life Worth the Retelling," The Charlotte Observer
• William Sloane Coffin, Credo
• R. E. Clements, Jeremiah (Interpretation)
  

III. SERMON SAMPLER

• Sheila Ennis
• Andrew White

IV. GLEANINGS

• Nancy Haught
• Steve Vineberg

V. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VI. OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS