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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost — June 25, 2023

Editor Teri McDowell Ott engages one of the notoriously difficult passages in Matthew where Jesus says, "I came not to send peace, but a sword."

Teri McDowell Ott's lectionary reflections are sent to the Outlook's email list every Monday.


Teri McDowell Ott reads her Looking into the Lectionary reflection.

Year A
Matthew 10:24-39

In 1960, Black student protestors daring to sit and request a cup of coffee at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, crossed the line of White America’s racist social ordering. This act of protest spurred harassment and violent attacks from those determined to uphold the social-political order at the diners. The...

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