Reflections for

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jun 23, 2013

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a; Psalm 42 and 43; (Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 22:19-28;) Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39

Poetry

Under cover

May 24, 2012 by Luci Shaw

We see God in the shape
he shows to us. For some, fire.
For others, holy smoke, oil,
a running river, sheep’s crook,
muscular right arm that holds
against the dark, the dread.

It is the oddity of poets
to not see the world straight on
but at some slant, under the skin,
behind the scrim—a scurry
of leaves, clouds. God speaks
his presence in the wind.

I sensed him even in the ink
warming within the pen before
these words arrived.

Features

Same-sex complementarity

A theology of marriage

May 11, 2011 by Eugene F. Rogers Jr.

Marriage is a means by which God draws a couple close by turning their limits to their good. And no conservative I know has seriously argued that same-sex couples need sanctification any less than opposite-sex couples do.

Living by the Word

One little word

Galatians 3:23-29

Jun 15, 2010 by Roger Lovette

The Christians in Jerusalem’s early church were in crisis. Should they admit gentiles into their fellowship? Could gentiles be believers? Resolution of these questions did not come easily, but finally the Jews swallowed their pride and begrudgingly allowed the gentile outsiders to come into the fold.

Blogging Toward Sunday

"To wash off the Not Human"

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39

Jun 14, 2010 by Roger Lovette

Faith Matters

Making for home

A kinship of gifts

May 05, 2009 by Thomas Lynch

When I was a child I spoke as a child, understood as a child, reasoned as a child. I knew my parents loved me best. I mistook abundant love for especial favor and blessings for entitlements. I mistook good fortune for God’s approval and worldly outcomes for the will of God. Kennedy won because God was on our side. When my grandfather died, I assumed it was me—something I’d done or failed to do. Maybe the first time I ate meat on a Friday, at Bobby Bacon’s house. It was baloney.

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