Maundy Thursday (Year 1, NL)

In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

Why Howard Thurman dedicated his autobiography to a stranger

Minister and veteran David Peters invites us to consider our own post-traumatic identities in a new light. 

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

What ritual remedies exist to sharpen our spiritual attention, focus, and clarity?

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

There is something about the wail of a bagpipe that seems especially appropriate this Sunday.

The Passion reveals the many gods of my own making.

What does it mean to protect women and girls?

Matthew's writing is terse. This hasn't stopped some from imagining grimmer details.

Jesus is saying, Love should feel like this.

The story of Jesus’ unjust trial and wrongful conviction must not be romanticized.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.