Genesis 18

The prankster is God, through whom all things are possible.

The prankster is God, through whom all things are possible.

There’s just one oak left at Mamre.

There’s just one oak left at Mamre.

Sarah wasn’t the first member of her household to laugh at God.

Sarah wasn’t the first member of her household to laugh at God.

Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.

Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.

Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.

What is the point of prayer? The question is writ large in the texts from both the Hebrew scripture and the Gospel for this Sunday. The terrain is fraught with places to trip and fall.

God’s experience of hospitality—in the mysterious travelers and in the person of Jesus—inspires us to think beyond an Abraham-vs.-Sarah or Martha-vs.-Mary divide.

The wrenching dislocations of World War II were often pitilessly ignored by the world. What story will be told of our time, and of us?

The wrenching dislocations of World War II were often pitilessly ignored by the world. What story will be told of our time, and of us?

To say "earth to earth" is a good thing, we have to believe it's really going to happen.

The faculty heard about a large influx of Saudi students on campus. I didn't expect to find them all in my world religions class.