11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, RCL)
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Called to care (Matthew 9:35–10:8)
In Matthew 10, something shifts. Something moves Jesus to call on the disciples.
June 14, Ordinary 11A (Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19)
The psalmist’s declaration of love is also a declaration of voice.
The heft of a pulpit Bible
As I pressed my sermon’s pages across the book’s valley, I couldn’t keep them from sliding into the groove.
Group work (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.
October 8, Ordinary 27A (Exodus 20:1–4, 7–9, 12–20)
In an uncertain, murky time, God gives the people a gift: ten laws.
Holy wild card (Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19)
Why Howard Thurman dedicated his autobiography to a stranger
June 18, Ordinary 11A (Genesis 18:1–15)
The prankster is God, through whom all things are possible.
I was a scribe for the Chicago Illuminated Scripture Project
What would possess me to copy a chapter of the Bible by hand?
Made right (11 A; Romans 5:1-8)
I fear we may reject the justification metaphor too quickly and understand it too shallowly.
June 14, Ordinary 11 (Genesis 18:1–15, 21:1–7)
Sarah wasn’t the first member of her household to laugh at God.
April 9, Maundy Thursday (Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19; John 13:1–17, 31b–35)
Jesus is saying, Love should feel like this.
February 2, Epiphany 4A (Matthew 5:1–12; Micah 6:1–8; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31)
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
When hope gives up on magical results
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
The confidence to call shots (Romans 5:1-5)
Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.