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Parenting on a planet in pain
How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?
Parenting on a planet in pain
How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?
Parenting on a planet in pain
How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?
Parenting on a planet in pain
How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?
The witness of trees in uncertain times
There’s just one oak left at Mamre.
The witness of trees in uncertain times
There’s just one oak left at Mamre.
October 3, Ordinary 27B (Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12)
Israel’s claim that all people are created in God’s image is strikingly egalitarian.
October 3, Ordinary 27B (Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12)
Israel’s claim that all people are created in God’s image is strikingly egalitarian.
Living between the Bible’s first and last prayers
Most days I hover somewhere between Adam’s “I was afraid” and John of Patmos’s “Come, Lord Jesus.”
Why do we prize ownership?
Our possessive instinct goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden.
Why do we prize ownership?
Our possessive instinct goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden.
Take & Read: Old Testament
Four new books about biblical texts and their reception
selected by Amy Erickson
Take & Read: Old Testament
Four new books about biblical texts and their reception
selected by Amy Erickson
In this week’s readings, God’s covenant-making continues.
From where I'm sitting in 2021, it seems like maybe they are.
The audacity to preach the gospel
Will Willimon tells preachers to put aside sentimentality.