Isaiah

The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.

John the Baptist's world and ours

Jesus calls Peter. But there's a catch.

Jesus calls Peter. But there's a catch.

Why should God get to sleep, like parents who have finished wrapping presents?

The beloved song can contain God’s glory no more than the scripture it’s based on.

The beloved song can contain God’s glory no more than the scripture it’s based on.

What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?

What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?

Anya saw the world in colors.

Isaiah’s suffering servant plays on our own ambivalent ideas about violence, passivity, and retribution.

Isaiah 55 gives voice to the longing we can't quite name.

Isaiah 55 gives voice to the longing we can't quite name.

I understand the people who only show up once a year, just to hold a candle of their own.

Unabated cultural frivolity rules our churches, too.

It's Advent, and accusations against prominent men are shaking things up like a highway construction project in the wilderness.

There is comfort, and then there is comfort.

During Advent, the cry of Isaiah should be our cry.

The Magnificat rejoices in a God who acts within human history.

Like John the Baptist, progressive Christians tend to define ourselves in the negative.