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God-as-parent is a radical metaphor
It’s not possible to parent without experiencing risk, weakness, pain, and transformation.
by Debie Thomas
Jesus, fresh out of his own three-day savasana, breathes on the disciples.
May 15, Easter 5C (Acts 11:1-18; John 13:31-35)
Peter is hardly the first person to challenge the status quo because of something God told him in a dream.
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
Mary has learned that God spares nothing in loving us.
April 24, Easter 2C (Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31
Thomas might be the patron saint of a secular age.
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.
April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
by Michael Fick
April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
by Michael Fick
April 14, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
In a pandemic, the practices associated with Maundy Thursday feel nearly transgressive.
by Michael Fick
April 3, Lent 5C (John 12:1-8)
Were Mary and Martha at the Last Supper? It’s possible.
Any conversation about salvation should include both an eschatological aspect and one that is relevant to our lives here and now.
An Omicron Christmas
I don’t know if this is the pandemic’s end game. I do know that new things are already being born in us.
January 16, Epiphany 2C (John 2:1-11)
The wedding at Cana is a reminder that Jesus’ kingdom is a miraculous kingdom—a mystical kingdom.
December 24/25, Nativity (Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-14)
What is the story within the story that we need to hear anew?
December 19, Advent 4C (Luke 1:39-45, 46-55)
It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.
This John text causes us to directly contemplate the nature of Jesus’ truth claims.
This John text causes us to directly contemplate the nature of Jesus’ truth claims.
This John text causes us to directly contemplate the nature of Jesus’ truth claims.