Week 5 (Year 3, NL)

Where is the psalmist’s own voice in this communal confession and appeal?

If so, what did he mean?

“One day,” says Avivah Zornberg, “I had a flash of insight about Leviticus as a whole.”

The eclectic scholar masterfully uncovers the subterranean threads and tensions that underlie this nonnarrative text.

In a blockbuster movie, this is when our hero would leap from the cross.

Israel’s claim that all people are created in God’s image is strikingly egalitarian.

The golden calf isn’t a terrible idea. It’s just not God’s idea.

The kings in the Bible feel pretty familiar.

The unfaithful shepherd sniffs out and stirs up fear, fragmenting communities.

What began as respect for the Second Amendment has morphed into a colossal idolatry of lethal weapons.

In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.

Luke's text for Reign of Christ Sunday is a searing critique of leaders who are powerful but not vulnerable.

James calls Abraham a “friend of God.” In this week’s reading from Exodus, Moses presumes upon a similar divine friendship to offer God advice.

When Jeanne Bishop learned of her sister's murder, she found herself saying aloud, "I don't want to hate anybody."

The story of the golden calf is a parody of Israelite idolatry.