Jeremiah

Self-realization is possible only in relation to a reality beyond the self.

Nations as well as individuals need to look in the moral mirror in order to stop deceiving ourselves.

At Cana, Jesus asks Mary, "What is this to me and to you?" It is very important that the church hear this question.

"What has straw in common with wheat?" A lot, on the surface.

Fire is a dangerous image for Jesus to use, even if he doesn’t mean it literally. What kind of God would bring fire to the earth?

It was a blog post from a wise soul that struck me, if only because it struck so close to home.

The idea behind it: that folks who are looking to serve Jesus should be willing to get themselves out of their localized comfort zone, and travel to wherever it is that God is calling them. It was also a message to congregations, calling them to break out of their desire to take the easiest path, choosing those who they know and are in relationship with, rather than making the more difficult call to reach out to an unknown.

Ellen Davis is full of surprises. Some are delightful, others raise questions for further study, and still others throw up stumbling blocks.

There are many people with whom I have not had an affair. Billions. There is also one man in particular.

There are many people with whom I have not had an affair. Billions. There is also one man in particular.

How would I get to nursing homes, or respond to emergencies? What would I do when it snowed? I hoped the answers would come as I pedaled.

Jeremiah has great resolve—at least in retrospect.

The Old Testament displays an ongoing conversation between conflicting views of God's character. In light of this, Jesus' story becomes very important.

I decided to write about the Joel reading in my Century column for this week, because I find his language and imagery—like that of many of the prophetic books—so rich and inspiring. But if I were preaching myself (not that I ever have to) I would probably choose to address the omissions from the Jeremiah and Timothy readings.

Richard Lischer suggests that one of the ways to organize a sermon is around a “master metaphor”—that key image on which the sermon’s progress and structure can hang. More often than not, the scripture passage itself gives us the master metaphor.

If it’s difficult for listeners today to connect with the Bible’s injunctions against idolatry because our own idolatry looks so different, the metaphor of God as “fountain of living water” being forsaken for self-dug, cracked cisterns is striking.

The LDS canon's four books carry equal weight of authority. All are read as historical witnesses to God's promise of salvation.

Monastic vows sound familiar to anyone who's been to a wedding. In both marriage and celibacy, we promise to be faithful.