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The great drama of the trinitarian hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy”
The beloved song can contain God’s glory no more than the scripture it’s based on.
The U.S.-Mexico border, where migrants are hunted
What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?
The U.S.-Mexico border, where migrants are hunted
What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?
Isaiah’s suffering servant plays on our own ambivalent ideas about violence, passivity, and retribution.
The hunger that no meal satisfies
Isaiah 55 gives voice to the longing we can't quite name.
by Samuel Wells
The hunger that no meal satisfies
Isaiah 55 gives voice to the longing we can't quite name.
by Samuel Wells
I understand the people who only show up once a year, just to hold a candle of their own.
by Martha Spong
Unabated cultural frivolity rules our churches, too.
by Martha Spong
Stories even better than Garrison Keillor's
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.
Mary's joy is for everyone
The Magnificat rejoices in a God who acts within human history.
December 17, Advent 3B (John 1:6-8, 19-28; Isa. 61:1-4, 8-11; 1 Thess. 5:16-24)
Like John the Baptist, progressive Christians tend to define ourselves in the negative.
by Martha Spong
December 10, Advent 2B (Mark 1:1-8)
In Flint, we know something about nostalgia and despair—and hope.
We want to know God, but we also want to be known.
by Debie Thomas
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
October 15, Ordinary 28A (Matthew 22:1-14; Isaiah 25:1-9)
The parable of the wedding banquet is a horror story.
by Debie Thomas