Scripture
You don't have to doubt in secret anymore
Brian McLaren says religious doubt isn't the death of faith. It's the birth of faith beyond belief.
March 21, Lent 5B (Hebrews 5:5–10; John 12:20–33)
In ancient Israel, priests were the gates through which God poured mercy.
The undergrads in my Bible class taught me a few lessons
Teaching online made me realize my goal is to teach them to think, not to teach them to think like me.
March 14, Lent 4B (John 3:14-21)
I have a complicated relationship with John 3:16.
March 7, Lent 3B (John 2:13-22)
As Jesus overturns the tables, I imagine John in the corner, watching and taking it all down.
February 28, Lent 2B (Mark 8:31–38)
Peter has guts. He reproaches the very one he identifies as anointed.
February 21, Lent 1B (Mark 1:9–15)
Jesus is attended to by angels—and wild beasts.
February 17, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
The distinctions between how we love God, neighbor, and self are not terribly thick.
February 14, Transfiguration B (Mark 9:2–9)
Peter wants to capture that mountaintop experience forever.
The theological work of antiracism needs to include lament
The Bible shows us what to do with our frustration, outrage, and complicity.
February 7, Epiphany 5B (Mark 1:29-39)
Mark's Gospel provides tantalizing hints about Peter’s unnamed mother-in-law.
Ecclesiastes has some things to say about COVID-19
The ancient wisdom text urges us to find joy in the limits of the present moment.
January 31, Epiphany 4B (Mark 1:21-28)
What does it mean to teach “with authority”?
January 24, Epiphany 3B (Mark 1:14-20)
Jesus’ ministry shows that preaching has consequences. We should preach anyway.
January 17, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
The “Son of Humanity,” the “true Israelite,” and the broken places in our communities
God became flesh, but he never had breast cancer
I was diagnosed just after Christmas. It changed my perspective on the incarnation.
January 10, Baptism B (Mark 1:4–11)
Readers of Mark’s Gospel know that a divine fragmentation could happen at any time.
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
Seeing Black people in scripture
Esau McCaulley’s book reclaims what the Black church has always known.