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Made to be broken
Sometimes the harm caused by breaking a promise is less than the harm caused by keeping it.
Where are the children in liberation theologies?
Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.
Reading scripture through the experience of disability
Julia Watts Belser sees in the Torah a God who is in love with the creative possibilities of difference.
The patron saint of in-between things
Having grown up as a Black-mixed kid, I can relate to Moses’ upbringing as not quite Hebrew and not quite Egyptian.
September 3, Ordinary 22A (Exodus 3:1–15)
We see what we focus on—and what we focus on determines what we do not see.
The Burning Bush, Icon of the Lilies of the Field, and What Is It Like? by Elizabeth Wrightman
art selection and comment by Lil Copan
It’s Easter. Step into the future.
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
A humble God?
Matthew Wilcoxen traces the idea from Augustine through Katherine Sonderegger.
Walking with Moses from slavery to liberation
When Moses says “keep still,” he’s not recommending inactivity.
by Brian Bantum
How Katherine Sonderegger finds delight in a humble God
Theology as a love letter to God
Are Greg Boyd and I reading the same Old Testament?
Yes, there’s violence. But there’s also God’s faithfulness and care.
Moses and the Burning Bush, mural in Dura-Europos, Syria
People assume that silence and peace can be simply harnessed together, silence as Xanax for the soul. But that's not how deserts work.
The people at Friendship Church make creative use of art. They have also learned to be creative as they form their community and shape their narratives.
First church members reclaimed the corner as a peaceful space. Then, as it got colder, they began talking about expanding their ministry.