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A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
It's complicated to lose things.
October 6, Ordinary 27C (Luke 17:5-10)
Have you noticed God’s preference for small things?
Surely he didn't mean I have to give up my books.
September 29, Ordinary 26C (Luke 16:19–31; Amos 6:1a, 4–7)
Conversion narratives raise a question: Why does it take so much to get there?
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Proverbs warns us against the culture of self-aggrandizement.
by Shai Held
September 22, Ordinary 25C (Luke 16:1–13; Amos 8:4–7)
Jesus is talking to two different audiences.
Seeing the crucified Christ in my wife’s C-section
I see love incarnate in suffering flesh, a body bearing a body in pain for love.
by Brad East
September 15, Ordinary 24C (Luke 15:1-10)
Not everything that’s lost can be found.
What questions arise if we take Jesus' warning literally?
by Hardy Kim
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz