Nativity of the Lord (Year B, RCL)

God loves the creation. In response the creation sings praise and adoration to God.

Like millions of others, I was a devoted Dave Brubeck fan—ever since I first heard his music in the 1950s.

The Gideon Bible treats the Bible as comfort food. But a diet of the Bible consists of conflict and confrontation.

Several years ago I received from a parishioner a "Jesus Is the Reason for the Season" cookie tin. Every time I reached for a piece of Doris's divinity, I had to read that cheery-angry motto of Christian moralism.

Before his questioning of the doctrine of hell sparked such a (ahem) firestorm, Rob Bell wrote in Velvet Elvis a chapter about yokes.

We need to be reminded, as we celebrate Pentecost, that the Spirit is always much bigger and more "other" than we normally think.

We have many defenses against hearing the Christmas readings and taking them to heart.