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The Herodians' topic of choice could have been plucked from the moderator's cue cards in a presidential debate.
by Audrey West
The king doesn't want just anyone at the wedding banquet.
Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world
Jesus knows exactly what he is doing.
As a culture, we don’t have much patience for the last.
September 27, 26A (Matthew 21:23-32)
Remaining steadfast—offensive bodies and all
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
by Liddy Barlow
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
by Liddy Barlow
A few reflections on this passage from Matthew
by Michael Fick
August 30, 22A (Matthew 16:21-28)
Following Jesus means the human things and the divine things will overlap.
by Liddy Barlow
God wants God's people to be free.
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?
Perhaps this verse has been lifted out of its context by design.
by Diane Roth
What I’d like to say to President Trump about the Bible
I’d tell him a secret I learned from Eugene Peterson.
What happens when we are the refugees, the strangers, and the dying?
by Diane Roth
Jesus keeps saying, “Do not be afraid.” But there’s so much to be afraid of.
by Diane Roth
When we read scripture backward
by Greg Carey
Matthew's writing is terse. This hasn't stopped some from imagining grimmer details.