Second Sunday after the Epiphany (Year B, RCL)
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All things lawful (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
Is it possible to read Paul as an early exponent of a wellness ethic for sexuality?
January 14, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
Jesus’ word of insight to Nathanael seems a lot like a carnival grift.
Dethroning the canonical Paul
Cavan Concannon believes that the apostle’s writings belong in the latrine.
by Greg Carey
A blessing to the world (John 1:43-51; Epiphany 2B)
Jesus quotes the Jacob’s ladder story in Genesis.
January 17, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
The “Son of Humanity,” the “true Israelite,” and the broken places in our communities
When the opioid crisis shows up at our church’s doorstep
Dealing with our community’s real issues
The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
And that conversation’s inevitable limits
Why did Paul prefer singleness for himself and others?
The apostle reminds us that Christian life—married or not—isn't about personal fulfillment.
Glorifying God in our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
What would it look like to do this right now?
by Kat Banakis
Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to a community in the middle of a culture war
The church at Corinth had many problems. Some simple kindness would have helped.
January 14, Epiphany 2B (1 Sam. 3:1-20; Ps. 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51)
I like that Jesus isn't actually what the disciples are looking for.
by Kat Banakis
All of us are beautiful
Our identities—gender and otherwise—are shaped by community and God.
How do you hold together your trans identity and your life of faith?
Nine trans Christians tell their stories.
The giver and the gift: A Christian's delight in things
If the world is a gift, then all the things to which you relate—and many to which you don't—are also God's relation to you.
What's so special about a fig tree?
One time at a women’s retreat, I was asked to tell my call story. I told this woman the whole, convoluted story—about serving as a missionary in Japan, about being restless in my work and volunteering for leadership roles in my church, about discovering old journals where I had written about my desire to study theology, about my memory of sitting in church as a teenager and hearing the pastor give the sermon and saying, “If I was a man, that is what I would want to do.” I told her that it had taken me a long time, but I finally realized that God was calling me to be a pastor.
She was not impressed.
By Diane Roth