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July 7, Ordinary 14C (Luke 10:1-11, 16-20; Isaiah 66:10-14; Galatians 6:[1-6], 7-16)
I want to be like Lizzo when I grow up.
Exiled Israel, the crucified Christ, and the thread that holds two interpretations together.
Exiled Israel, the crucified Christ, and the thread that holds two interpretations together.
Exiled Israel, the crucified Christ, and the thread that holds two interpretations together.
Why and how we beat guns into garden tools
RAWtools began with a blacksmith and a friend’s donated AK-47.
by Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin
Convicted for taking water to thirsty people
The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.
Convicted for taking water to thirsty people
The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.
John the Baptist's world and ours
February 10, Epiphany 5C (Luke 5:1-11; Isaiah 6:1-8, 9-13)
Jesus calls Peter. But there's a catch.
February 10, Epiphany 5C (Luke 5:1-11; Isaiah 6:1-8, 9-13)
Jesus calls Peter. But there's a catch.
Why should God get to sleep, like parents who have finished wrapping presents?
by David Keck
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 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