15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, RCL)
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In the Hebrew Bible, love is complex
Song-Mi Suzie Park shows that ahav is dense, powerful, political, and divine.
Living by kinship, not consumption
When I’m tempted to click “Add to cart,” I hear creation groaning.
A parable about itself (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
The Parable of the Sower gives the preacher an opportunity to teach about the gift of parables.
July 16, 15A (Genesis 25:19–34)
I haven’t always embraced the particularity of God.
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus
“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”
A reading that can be deadly (15A; Romans 8:1-11 )
This passage from Paul is one that has been used to inflict pain upon LGBTQ people.
July 12, 15A (Romans 8:1–11)
What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?
What if we treated all of creation—plants and stars, soil and rivers—as our kin?
Biblical scholar Mari Joerstad and indigenous activist Nick Estes challenge our human-centered worldview.
The biblical Amalekites are the Israelites’ enemies—and their kin
Enemies are real. They are also closer to us than we may care to imagine.
What makes good soil? (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
If it were easy, we would have it all figured out already.
July 16, Ordinary 15A (Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23)
The sower just seems to hope that the seeds will find the right kind of soil, while doing little to ensure that is the case.
The Spirit of the Lord in us (Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11)
Honestly, it seems like our flesh has a massive design flaw.