Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Year 1, NL)

When I got into cooking, it changed the way I understand Jesus’ statement, “You are the salt of the earth.”

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.

A small but growing movement of Christians believes fervently that Torah observance is for everyone.

In meditating on the words of scripture, I discover a Word who meditates on me.

Luke’s Beatitudes are for the poor. What if Matthew’s are, too?

If so, what did he mean?

Trees symbolize a holy channel that faithfully stewards the power of God into the world.

Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.

These three stances toward God are the beginning of faith.

Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world

We can lose that which feels most dear and essential to us: our health, a job, a relationship.

Putting flesh on the bones of justice

Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.

How my attraction to other religions deepened my love of my own

Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.

Poverty of spirit, like any kind of poverty, is unenviable but survivable.