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For fear of the Jews? (John 20:19-31; Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Second Sunday of Easter, Year A)
This Sunday is one where some re-education and re-framing might be helpful.
Watching The Circle and Love Is Blind while practicing social distancing
Two reality TV shows remind us why physical connection matters.
It's time to face the collective grief of COVID-19
How do we help one another when everyone is grieving something?
A confession to you, my nursing daughter
What am I to make of your singular desire for milk?
Reason and revelation meet—even in Aquinas
Denys Turner’s essays bridge the gaps that often frustrate us when we read medieval theology.
Potawatomi women are water protectors
I'm standing by Lake Michigan for the first time, but it already knows me.
The pandemic has made us unintentional monastics
We are urged into the desert of retreat, and we are afraid.
Looking for constancy when routines are disrupted
I’ve been thinking about a French horn teacher I once had.
May 3, Easter 4A (Psalm 23; John 10:1–10)
The source of David’s overflowing cup is a free, frolicking divinity.
Why do we prefer faded scars to open wounds?
Maybe Christianity’s best appeal is its courage in the face of all that wounds, rips, and ravages.
A memoir of hardship and gratitude in Appalachia
Cassie Chambers tells family stories and considers the history of the people of Owsley County, Kentucky.
Hope for exiles (Easter Day A; Jeremian 31:1-6)
The idea of preaching from Jeremiah on Easter Sunday scares me.
A congregation that spans the US-Mexico border
For more than a decade, Christians have worshiped together across the border wall.
How I learned to love worshiping via video call
I'm immunocompromised. My ability to attend worship has long been determined by the CDC.
The misión integral of Protestant liberation theologians
Samuel Escobar, René Padilla, and other Latin American evangelicals—and how their activism was overshadowed
Episode 78: Onward
Matt and Adam talk about resurrection, redemption, and Pixar's newest film, Onward.
Fearing courageously in the face of COVID-19
(RNS) — As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the world at an exponential rate, many health care professionals are admitting that they are scared....
The hell of Holy Saturday
Like many mourners on the front lines of the pandemic, Mary’s body is weighed down with grief.
Navigating the immigration labyrinth with two pastors facing deportation
We gathered in an ICE parking lot. Not to protest, but to show that we cared.
April 26, Easter 3A (Luke 24:13–35)
What does Jesus do after the resurrection? Take a walk.