Trinity Sunday (Year A, RCL)

The universe is filled with light that we cannot see.

If corporations are people, can they be redeemed?

It all starts with poetry.

Most religions acknowledge the contingencies and paradoxes of human life. Not this one.

2 Corinthians 13:11–13; Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Matthew 28:16–20

When we are overwhelmed by our daily struggles, when we get weary because of the dehumanization that results from hatred and greed, Proverbs 8 and Psalm 8 remind us how God conceives of us as human beings crowned with glory and honor.

In John's prologue, the incarnate Word is the God of creative address.

Last month, both the scientifically minded and the scientifically challenged paused to contemplate the far reaches of the cosmos.

Scripture doesn't just shape the life of the community of faith. It also has a powerful effect on the lives of those who maintain distance from traditional religion, even those who explicitly deny religious faith.

The psalmist is not alone in claiming that humans are only “a little lower than God.” Can it be any wonder, then, that our faith leaves a great deal of room to disagree about our power in creation?

When I was baptized at 12, I refused what Baptists call “the right hand of fellowship.” I wanted the water but not the fellowship.

Karl Giberson offers a cultural history of the Bible's first human. It's an intriguing and unsettling story.