Romans

God’s Spirit before birth and after death

When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.

Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.

Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.

They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.

They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.

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?

 A few reflections on this reading from Romans

Loving the neighbor with whom we disagree

Loving the neighbor with whom we disagree

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.

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.