Resurrection of the Lord (Year B, RCL)

What kind of faith gets you through 25 years in a refugee camp?

What do we do when we read a story where the ending is already known?

Talking about God in the face of wounds that won’t go away

“If we don’t understand the Judaism of Jesus’ time, how can we understand him and his message?”

Accept the resurrection or don’t. Either way, you’re the boss.

There is a chasm between Peter and Jesus that cannot be glossed over.

On Easter Sunday, we want to feel triumphant. Instead we get Mark 16.

A good joke can reveal the distance between what is and what should be.

The church at Corinth had many problems. Some simple kindness would have helped.

At grief’s mercy, Mary stays at the site of her loss.

Many people are bound. Some don’t even know it. The difference between being free and being bound is at the center of our Gospel text this week.

I didn't start my day thinking about gang killings. But then a man showed up and asked about a funeral for his nephew—on Palm Sunday.

If it hadn't been for the snakes, I might have let the reader continue. Instead I went to the lectern and quietly said, "we are stopping at verse 8 today."

When she knew she was dying, my grandmother took me to see the cornerstone of a small brick church in my hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. I didn’t recognize the sign outside. It was a Baptist church, I think. It was pretty rundown, but still in better shape than the neighborhood. Overgrown vacant lots were everywhere; it was like visiting an abandoned church in the jungle.

The story of the golden calf is a parody of Israelite idolatry.