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God’s Spirit before birth and after death
When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.
Thinking better about autism
Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.
by Samuel Wells
Thinking better about autism
Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.
by Samuel Wells
N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic
They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.
N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic
They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.
N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic
They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.
The issues are different, but the temptation is the same.
Justice is complicated--even when it is the law of God.
Love one another: good. But burning coals on heads?
by Liddy Barlow
A few reflections on this reading from Romans
by Michael Fick
Loving the neighbor with whom we disagree
Loving the neighbor with whom we disagree
The pandemic calls for closed hymnals
Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline
This passage from Paul is one that has been used to inflict pain upon LGBTQ people.
There are some matters that a well-rehearsed and repeated Bible verse won’t fix.
Romans 6:3 is strange. A lot of pastors have it memorized.
by Diane Roth
What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?
What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?
I fear we may reject the justification metaphor too quickly and understand it too shallowly.
by Greg Carey