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Family Matters
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis' article on Mark 3:20-35 discusses how families, churches, and communities can become divided, and she reflects on the challenge of pursuing reconciliation.
Mark 3:20-35
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Family, Quarrelsomeness, Church, Relationship
Trinity Musings
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Reflecting on John 16:12-15, Karoline M. Lewis regards the Trinity not in terms of fixed doctrine but as our best attempts to explain who God is, which we can never fully explain.
John 16:12-15
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Trinity, Doctrine, Language, Mystery
Kangaroo care
Karoline M Lewis | The Christian Century
Article about Scripture
In this reflection on John 1:18, Karoline Lewis recalls giving "kangaroo care" to her son who was born prematurely and reflects on the deep intimacy we have with God through Jesus.
John 1:18
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Bosom, God, Resurrection, Relationship
The Dew of Compassion
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on Mark 6:30-34, Karoline Lewis notes that compassion is not just a feeling but a doing. It hits you in the gut and sends you into motion for the sake of the other....
Mark 6:30-34
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Compassion, Jesus, Discipleship, God's Love
The Risky Business of Bearing Fruit
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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How can we bear fruit? The bearing of fruit depends on dependence, says Karoline Lewis in this reflection on John 15:1-8.
John 15:1-8
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Fruit Of The Spirit, Maturity, Spirituality, Piety, Devotion, Sanctification, Holiness
The Power of Prayer
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis offers commentary on John 17:1-11, inviting reflection on prayer and how it reveals our assumptions and expectations of God. In this way, Jesus' prayer, too, helps us know God better.
John 17:1-11
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Eternal Life, Knowledge Of God, Power, Prayer
What Do You Lack? 
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis shares that Mark 10:17-31 is an insistence that wealth without a commitment to connection, looking beyond one's self, will pull us away from the relationship that Jesus wants for us. 
Mark 10:17-31
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Community, Money, Relationship, Selfishness
Not Just Bread Anymore
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis offers commentary on John 6:56-69, considering how betrayal in John is "not believing that the abundant life Jesus offers you is real" and rejecting the real relationship Jesus invites us into.
John 6:56-69
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Abundance, Betrayal, Discipleship, Life
Holy Conversation 
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis shares that central to the Bread of Life discourse in John 6:25-59 is an invitation to imagine what a relationship with Jesus really means. 
John 6:25-59
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Bread, Discipleship, Jesus, Relationship
Freedom and Obligation
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis' commentary puts John 8:31-36 and Matthew 22:34-46 "in dialogue with each other." Doing so, writes Lewis, helps us see that "loving God and loving your neighbor could be the freedom we need."
Matthew 22:34-46; John 8:31-36
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Commandments, Freedom, Love Your Neighbor, Relationship
Choice Temptations
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis offers commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 for Lent. Lewis writes that the temptation of Jesus shows us the "alternative to being intimately connected with God, God's world, with God's people."
Matthew 4:1-11
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Hunger, Lent, Relationship, Vision
Abundance For All
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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Karoline Lewis reflects on John 2:1-12 from the perspective of abundance and calls to attention that God's abundance is never "an individualized affair." It is about restoration of relationships and sharing that abundance with others.
John 2:1-12
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Abundance, God's Love, Relationship, Restoration
Prayers Needed
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this commentary on John 17:6-19, Karoline Lewis attests to the power and comfort of praying for one another, pointing out that in this passage we get to "overhear Jesus praying" for us.
John 17:6-19
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Comfort, Community, Prayer, Intercessory, Relationship
Holy Conversations
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on John 4:1-42, Karoline Lewis highlights the interaction between Jesus and the Samaritan woman as a conversation. It models for us what theological conversation can look like.
John 4:1-42
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Conversation, Listening, Nature And Attributes Of God, Relationship
Peace and Security
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on Matthew 25:14-30 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Karoline Lewis highlights that we can experience peace and security, not in "what," but "in whom." Peace and security for believers is relational and communal.
Matthew 25:14-30; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
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Community, Peace, Relationship, Security In God
Hospitality 101
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on Matthew 22:1-14, Karoline Lewis highlights the inherent "risk" of hospitality. Being a host or being a guest is to put oneself "out there." Perhaps this is true for God as well.
Matthew 22:1-14
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Hospitality, Host, Immanuel, Relationship
Treasured Possessions?
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on Luke 12:13-21, Karoline Lewis highlights how "at its heart, this parable is about the other." Our relationship to our possessions should be considered in light of our relationship to others.
Luke 12:13-21
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Community, Kingdom Of God, Materialism, Possession
Are You Ready? 
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on Matthew 24:36-51, Karoline Lewis writes that relationship in God's kingdom is not about determining who goes and who stays, but being together in the field even with those you'd rather not. 
Matthew 24:36-51
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Community, Judgment, Kingdom Of God, Preparation
You Are Never Alone
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Pondering the call story of Mark 1:16-20, Karoline Lewis reflects on how, in calling us as disciples, God nurtures and empowers our relationship with others.
Mark 1:16-20
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Discipleship, Relationship
A Good Shepherd Perspective
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
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In this commentary on John 10:22-30, Karoline Lewis reflects on how deeply we are loved and known by Jesus the good shepherd and how "we are the good shepherd now."
John 10:22-30
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God's Love, Knowledge Of God, Relationship, Shepherd
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