Liturgy of the Passion (Year A, RCL)

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

A dead shepherd isn’t helpful to anyone, least of all to the sheep left behind.

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

Surely God isn’t a narcissist who demands our attention.

Paul’s words about humility should be handled with care.

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?

Brandan Robertson grounds his discussion of Christians and privilege in the kenosis hymn of Philippians 2.

Perhaps for the same reasons people are today.

“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”

The purpose of the word of God is not to make us feel condemnable, but to help us see what is commendable.

Every knee shall bow, even our knees.