14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, RCL)

The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.

In the company of church members in recovery from addiction, I’m feeling more open to the doctrine of original sin.

It’s hard to do alone.

There is a difference between work-life balance and sabbath living.

So I took a new name—as many characters in the Bible do.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

Social media platforms are damaging democracy, and it’s not primarily about what speech they do or don’t moderate.

We are human beings, wired for sensual interaction.

My daughter wants to know. Even as a biblical scholar, I don’t have a good answer.

Perhaps this verse has been lifted out of its context by design.

Doesn’t God have better things to do than arrange marriages?

Precision and beauty have kissed.

An ELCA bishop apologized for sexist comments he made—without claiming that they were out of character.

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

"It's a sin problem," goes the slogan, "not a gun problem." Whatever definition of sin is operative here, it isn't Paul's.

True character is only formed over long periods of time.

Rest is often viewed as a privilege rather than a necessity.

I would have been embarrassed, downright ashamed to be associated with gluttons, drunkards, and sinners.