Volume 15, Issue 4
Pentecost 2- Pentecost 7
May 25, 2008- June 29-2008

[previous issues]

I. BENCHMARKS

• A Letter from the Guest Editor: Beth Harrison

II. AT THE WORKBENCH

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

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Sundays after Pentecost

May 25, 2008 Psalm 131 Proper 3

• Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy
• Rebecca Wells, Ya-Yas in Bloom: A Novel
• Brian J. Mahan, Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose: Vocation and the Ethics of Ambition
• Thomas Merton, The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters by Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns
• James Luther Mays, Psalms (Interpretation)
• Jerome F. Creach, Psalms: Interpretation Bible Studies

June 1, 2008 Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28, (29-31)
Proper 4

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "The Holy Longing" in News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness
• John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
• Alice Munro, Runaway: Stories
• John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed, In Search of Paul

June 8, 2008 Hosea 5:15-6:6 Proper 5

• Gerald G. Jampolsky, Out of Darkness into the Light
• Selwyn Gurney Champion, The Eleven Religions and Their Proverbial Lore
• J. Barrie Shepherd, Whatever Happened to Delight? Preaching the Gospel in Poetry and Parables
• Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
• Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Is Religion Killing Us? Violence in the Bible and the Quran
• James Merrill Ward, Thus Says the Lord: The Message of the Prophets

June 15, 2008 Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) Proper 6

• Robert Alter, Genesis: Translation and Commentary
• Vanessa L. Ochs, Sarah Laughed
• Wesley McNair, "The Future" in Talking in the Dark: Poems
• Irene Nowell, Women in the Old Testament

June 22, 2008 Matthew 10:24-39 Proper 7

• Lynn Aldrich, "Through Scripture: What's the Matter with Matter?" in Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts
• John of the Cross, "Via Negativa" in Collected Works of John of the Cross.
• Anna Kamienska, "Those Who Carry" in Astonishments: Selected Poems of Anna Kamienska
• C. G. Jung, letter to Dorothee Hoch in C.G. Jung Letters: 1051-1961
• Fritz Kunkel, Creation Continues

June 29, 2008 Matthew 10:40-42 Proper 8

• Elizabeth Edwards, Saving Grace: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers
• George Bilgere, "Threepenny Opera" in The Good Kiss
• Catherine Doty, "Yes" in Momentum
• Gail Godwin, The Finishing School
• Richard Valantasis, The New Q: A Fresh Translation with Commentary
• Douglas R. A. Hare, Matthew (Interpretation)

III. SERMON SAMPLER

• Gary D. Jones

IV. GLEANINGS

• Barbara Brown Taylor, "When the Well Runs Dry" in Christian Century
• John A. Sanford, The Kingdom Within: The Inner Meaning of Jesus' Sayings
• William L. Dols, "The Bible Workbench: A Leader's Guide"

V. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VI. OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS