Reflections for

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Feb 02, 2014

Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12

Features

Altar politics

Sharing communion on Election Day

Dec 10, 2012 by Mark Schloneger

On Nov. 6, our church building was both a polling place and a place for worship. At some point I began to see the latter as the main event.

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New life without parole

Ministry behind bars

Dec 04, 2012 by Frank G. Honeycutt

When I met Jonah I noticed two things: he was wracked with overwhelming guilt and very much wanted to die, and he knew the Bible.

Living by the Word

Sunday, November 25, 2012

2 Samuel 23:1–7, Daniel 7:9–10, 13–14; Revelation 1:4b–8; John 18:33–37

Nov 13, 2012 by Stephen Fowl

It is the Feast of Christ the King, the final Sunday of the church’s liturgical year. All of today’s passages reflect on kingships—those of David, God and Jesus. Although Christians in America are far removed from any direct experience of a king, these passages can teach us about our own political life.

Features

Recovering kindness

An urgent virtue in a ruthless world

Oct 18, 2012 by Christine D. Pohl

Kindness overlaps significantly with several of Paul's other "fruit of the spirit." What makes it a distinctive mark of the new creation?

On Art

John After Delacroix

Sep 14, 2012 reviewed by Lois Huey-Heck

In the foreground of Eugène Delacroix’s classic The Entombment of Christ is a poignant image of the disciple John sitting, bent forward, contemplating the crown of thorns. By painting John and the crown alone, Ebenezer Sunder Singh shines a spotlight on this pregnant moment, offering a chance to ponder the wisdom of God which seems like folly to human beings. “The image of the thorn crown is a recurring phenomenon in my works over many years,” says the artist. “I use it as a compulsive pictorial symbol, and at the same time I revere it as the symbol of pain, shame and hope. I think John in Delacroix’s painting knows this secret, so he is contemplating this symbol of recreation and regeneration.” Singh’s work is shown frequently in galleries in the U.S. and India.

—Lois Huey-Heck

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