1 Corinthians
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I mourned Annie Dillard as if I knew her personally
Writers are mirror makers. They use words to create a sheen onto which we see all manner of reflections.
The church’s crisis of vocational theology
What would Frederick Buechner say about the world’s persistent hunger for gladless jobs?
May 24, Pentecost A (Acts 2:1–21; 1 Corinthians 12:3b–13)
Have you ever tried to watch the wind? Good luck.
May 24, Pentecost A (Acts 2:1–21; 1 Corinthians 12:3b–13)
Have you ever tried to watch the wind? Good luck.
In the valley of echoes
People often respond not to the person in front of them but to reverberations from the past.
April 2, Maundy Thursday (Exodus 12:1–14; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26; John 13:1-17, 31b–35)
Overcoming the reluctance to be served requires something that looks and feels a lot like faith.
A flipped narrative (1 Corinthians 1:18-31)
God’s son wouldn’t be exposed to the heinous death on a cross; he would escape it by using a power given by God.
Voltaire’s encounter with the crucified Christ
The Enlightenment thinker was fiercely critical of religion. But what did he mean by religion?
I still have a voice
After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.
Sanctified imagination (1 Corinthians 12:12-31a)
Life in Christ calls for a new kind of seeing and knowing.
Group work (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.
A church politics of nondomination
Liberal Anglicans and Methodists often face a tension between LGBTQ inclusion and anti-colonialism. But we don’t have to choose.
The different people we are (1 Corinthians 9:16-23)
We are all like Paul, boasting to the Corinthian church about being all things to all people.
February 4, Epiphany 5 (1 Corinthians 9:16–23; Mark 1:29–39)
Paul knew something about being an obnoxious weirdo.
On never posting (1 Corinthians 8:1-13)
Food offered to idols is not really a live issue for us, but social media usage is.
All things lawful (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
Is it possible to read Paul as an early exponent of a wellness ethic for sexuality?
Settling into the joy of vocation
My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.
Settling into the joy of vocation
My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.