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Speaking of death
Christians have an opportunity to eschew euphemisms and talk honestly about mortality.
Speaking of death
Christians have an opportunity to eschew euphemisms and talk honestly about mortality.
March 3, Lent 3B (John 2:13–22)
Whatever Jesus is attacking, it isn’t the practices of the people coming to the temple to worship.
January 14, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
Jesus’ word of insight to Nathanael seems a lot like a carnival grift.
John the Baptist had no chance at being ordinary—but he takes his outlier status to new heights all on his own.
by Katie Kirk
A rich woman who took the Magnificat seriously
Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.
December 17, Advent 3 (John 1:6–8, 19–28)
In the wilderness, trying to find joy can be like trying to make a fire with wet matches.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
Signs of Mary Magdalene in John 11
“If John’s christological confessor is also the first person the risen Jesus appears to,” says biblical scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, “that could make her a competitor to Peter’s authority.”
Signs of Mary Magdalene in John 11
“If John’s christological confessor is also the first person the risen Jesus appears to,” says biblical scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, “that could make her a competitor to Peter’s authority.”
August 20, Ordinary 20A (Genesis 45:1–15; Psalm 133)
The challenges to unity are great. The reward of unity is tremendous.
May 28, Pentecost (John 20:19-23)
Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.
May 28, Pentecost (John 20:19-23)
Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.
May 21, Easter 7A (John 17:1-11)
It must have astonished those gathered with Jesus to hear that they were beloved.
God promises never to leave us alone.
May 14, Easter 6a (John 14:15-21)
We need more than a simple “I love you.” So does Jesus.
C. S. Lewis’s wisdom on looking along a beam of light, not at it