Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B, RCL)

Is Matthew so embarrassed by Bethlehem’s lowly status in Micah that he feels the need to punch it up a little?

Leaving evangelicalism allowed me to embrace the mystery of faith. I wonder if I’ve taken it too far.

The annunciation is a story about a woman bearing forth the better things from the baser.

The traditional annunciation story bothers me even more than the word handmaid.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.

What if we did asystematic theology?

Navigating agency and surrender with my namesake, the mother of God

If anyone is expecting a lullaby, they better think again.

Abortion is about real lives enmeshed in the realities of home and work and wages and debt.

My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.

God promises to build a bayit, a house. But not one with boundaries.

Biblical scholar Tony Keddie shows how the conservative movement enlisted the Bible to help its cause.

There are things I found out about myself while I was pregnant.

I think Jesus learned his prophetic ministry from his mother.