Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A, RCL)
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“Do you believe this?” (Isaiah 25:6-9; John 11:32-44)
Jesus’ question to Martha extends to all believers.
Bone chapels and their strange art
In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.
Signs of Mary Magdalene in John 11
“If John’s christological confessor is also the first person the risen Jesus appears to,” says biblical scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, “that could make her a competitor to Peter’s authority.”
Living by kinship, not consumption
When I’m tempted to click “Add to cart,” I hear creation groaning.
March 26, Lent 5A, (John 11:1-45)
Martha hears Jesus’ promise, but she has a brother whose body is starting to decay.
Rowan Williams weaves theological reflection and poetry into drama
Shakeshafte and Other Plays explores the messiness of language and meaning.
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
Living and leading from our mortality
“Yearning for life is a part of what it means to be human.”
Wombs and tombs (Pentecost B) (Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:22-27)
God’s Spirit before birth and after death
July 12, 15A (Romans 8:1–11)
What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?
Prophesy to the breath (Ezekiel 37:1-14) Lent 5A
We practice our faith in the season of Lent so that we know what to do when things get harder.