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When the demon takes over
Fascism is a cult of power. It works by intoxicating half the population and filling the other half with dread and despair.
April 12, Easter 2A (Acts 2:14a, 22–32; Psalm 16; John 20:19–31)
Some resurrection stories carry wounds we must not ignore.
The genders within us
I am more and more convinced that trans people’s gender multiplicity will point us to our collective liberation.
A biblical treasure hunt (Jeremiah 31:1-6)
Here are some gems from the Jeremiah reading for Sunday.
One day in April
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed exactly a year after he delivered his “Beyond Vietnam” sermon. The tension between these two events is still with us.
What does the death of Jesus have to do with me?
Whatever the historical reasons for the crucifixion, the Christian tradition has always insisted that one of the reasons Jesus died is me.
Jesus’ Passion made present (John 18:1–19:42)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows us what Good Friday preaching ought to do.
Marjorie Maddox’s vital disquiet
Her poems weave stories of trauma and survivorship, dancing on the frail and fraying edges of memory and perception.
The president’s brokenness
The war in Iran underscores what was already evident: Trump goes on instinct, and his instinct is to dominate others.
Death work
Sarah Jobe puts testimonies from her fellow prison chaplains in conversation with Karl Barth’s work on reconciliation. Does resurrection matter in the face of state-sanctioned suffering?
The Passover story’s ambivalence (Exodus 12:1-14)
It’s hard to take it strictly on its own terms.
Etched in flesh
Stigmata assert identity and collective memory through self-scarred skin. What if we read the Thomas story through a tattoo hermeneutic?
