Third Sunday of Easter (Year 3, NL)

If so, what did he mean?

In a blockbuster movie, this is when our hero would leap from the cross.

Are we guilty of throwing stones or of watching coats?

The kings in the Bible feel pretty familiar.

The unfaithful shepherd sniffs out and stirs up fear, fragmenting communities.

When we read biblical narratives, we tend to imagine ourselves as the protagonist.

Acts 7:55–60; Psalm 31:1–5, 15–16; 1 Peter 2:2–10; John 14:1–14

In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.

Luke's text for Reign of Christ Sunday is a searing critique of leaders who are powerful but not vulnerable.

When Jeanne Bishop learned of her sister's murder, she found herself saying aloud, "I don't want to hate anybody."

This week my Century lectionary column focused on the text from Luke. Here are several threads I found useful but could not weave into the final piece.

We are instructed to love our enemies—not necessarily to forgive them.

Gangs excel at finding the lost, adopting them and sending them out. Therefore, gang youth can be recruited for apostolic ministry.

I love interfaith gatherings, but I would never invite Stephen.

On a recent visit to Washington, D.C., I saw the Hope diamond at the National Museum of Natural History. It’s odd to think that a large piece of carbon, refined by millions of years of compression and cut by human hands, could draw such crowds. Yet people are continually huddled around the display case, which is wired with numerous sensors for security.