Near Strangers
Amy Oden Insights Blog for Church of the Resurrection Ephesians 2:11-20 Sometimes it’s harder to welcome the “near stranger” than the...
Feeling Alive
Romans 8:1-11 Church of the Resurrection Insights Blog Amy Oden Think back over the last week or so. When did you feel alive? Really...
Wilderness. Rest. Nourishment.
by Amy Oden Commentary on 1 Kings 19:4-8 for Workingpreacher.org Wilderness, rest, nourishment. These are the restoring practices that...
Embodied Presence
Workingpreacher.org Commentary for July 11, 2021 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Amy Oden While the account of David’s ascendance is the stuff of...
Practicing Lament
Amy Oden WorkingPreacher.org Commentary 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 David’s mourning cry at the death of Saul and Jonathan is raw and painful. As...
Burning Bush
Amy Oden Church of the Resurrection Insights Blog Exodus 4 Can it really be that simple? Pause, breathe, pay attention. That seems to be...
Love Mystery
Amy Oden Insights Blog for Church of the Resurrection “May the Lord cause you to increase and enrich your love for each other and for...
Being a Beginner
Amy Oden Church of the Resurrection Insights Blog Pastor Adam Hamilton’s current sermon series is “Beginning Anew After the Pandemic.”...
Chores and Gifts
Church of the Resurrection Insights Blog 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 This passage from 1 Corinthians claims that God plants gifts in each of us,...
Bible Curiosity
Church of the Resurrection Insights Blog Genesis 17:9-14, Acts 15:4-19 Early Christians struggled with understanding scripture as much...