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March 25, Palm Sunday B (Mark 11:1-11)
Humility isn't a stunt for Jesus—it's a condition of his life.
March 25, Passion Sunday B (Mark 14:1-15:47; Psalm 31:9-16)
In the hours before the Passion, the Jesus who was hidden becomes revealed.
When Easter Sunday falls on April Fools' Day
A good joke can reveal the distance between what is and what should be.
Kathy Bogie and Ciara Lillie launch post-incarceration program for women in Texas
Magdalene House Kerrville—a sister organization of the program in Nashville, Tennessee—serves survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.
What happens after you survive an apocalypse?
The lively dystopian worlds of Louise Erdrich and Kaethe Schwehn
Episode 38: Get Out
On this week's episode of Technicolor Jesus, Matt and Adam talk with Derrick Weston about horror, race, and Get Out.
Groups resettling refugees fight for survival
Hundreds of U.S.-based workers have lost their jobs in the past year. Many of them are refugees themselves.
What rules apply to everyone?
Our political discourse features strong convictions about moral obligations—and widespread uncertainty about where they come from.
Gabriel Fackre, 'ecumenical evangelical' theologian, dies at age 92
Fackre was influential in the formation of the United Church of Christ and wrote the five-volume work The Christian Story.
A confession about three nails
"Sam," the voice on the phone said, simply. I was transported back 25 years.
Da Vinci was many things, but not a productivity guru
Walter Isaacson offers a clear and enjoyable biography. He also offers life hacks from Leonardo.
Sent out with words of approval (Mark 1:9-15)
The wilderness is hard enough. Kindness helps.
Calling our children dust
Yesterday I declined to be the one to put ashes on my own kids' foreheads. Today I sent them back into the violent world we all have made.
Doorjamb figure of the prophet Jeremiah from a church portal in France
This carving of Jeremiah is situated in the doorway of St. Peter Church in Moissac, France....
March 18, Lent 5B (John 12:20-33)
The crucified Jesus in John's Gospel is cosmic—and magnetic.
The one where the characters on Friends talk face to face
Millions of young adults are watching Friends reruns. Why?
A stitched-together community
One day Bill didn't show up at the church, so we went to find him.
The complex story of race and religion in the American South
Paul Harvey's history shows how things could have gone very differently.
Black Mirror shows us ourselves, being terrible and constantly getting better at it
The tech-focused series provides abundant fuel for ethical and theological debate.
Ashes without glitter
I'm a queer Christian pastor, and I'll be using regular, old, boring ashes like always.