The choir director at the church where I serve has unusual credentials. She used to lead a large choir in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. She grew up there herself: her extended family fled from violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and then spent almost 25 years in Tanzania before resettlement in San Diego in 2016. I met Matrida that fall, when she arrived at St. Luke’s with her two young children and her voice that moves worshipers to tears, whether or not they understand Swahili or Kibembe.
April 12 Easter Day Acts 10 34 43 Psalm 118 1 2 14 24 Matthew 28 1 10
The church out in the world Matthew 21 1 11
In October of 1989, word came down from Moscow: the peace prayers in Leipzig must be stopped.
The coronavirus pandemic feels like an unending Holy Saturday
We stay home. We look out for others. We wait—but for what?
April 10 Good Friday Psalm 22 John 18 1 19 42
Things Pilate cannot touch: creative life, confounding power
Learning from Mary during a pandemic
How do we say yes to the call of this moment?
Attacking climate change one bank at a time starting with Chase
It’s time to stop the biggest lenders to the fossil fuel industry.
April 9, Maundy Thursday (Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19; John 13:1–17, 31b–35)
Jesus is saying, Love should feel like this.
April 5 Palm Sunday A Matthew 21 1 11
Triumphal entries have a certain formula. Jesus does it all wrong.
April 5 Passion Sunday A Matthew 26 14 27 66
The story of Jesus’ unjust trial and wrongful conviction must not be romanticized.
Bringing forth Lazarus from a blank canvas
“Life is built, and then it stops, and then Christ reaches in and brings it forward again.”