The Christian Century

How can we live together as God’s people, people who flow with God’s eternal life?

We can lose that which feels most dear and essential to us: our health, a job, a relationship.

I'm giving thanks for the very personal ways I am blessed by people acting outside their job descriptions.

Why do we give Matthew 4:23 short shrift?

"Look!" says John. "Come and see," says Jesus.

The story of Jesus' baptism makes me think of gardens.

Epiphanies come to us in all shapes and sizes.

Grief is like a lead-weighted blanket that can never be fully lifted.

Our happiness is incomplete.

Can we sense the Holy Spirit’s presence as God’s face shining upon us?

Listening to "What's Going On" provides some solace—and some discouragement.

I'm always amused when folk are keen enough to notice the worship whiplash to which the tradition so often subjects them.

"Whom are you trying to catch?" I asked my roommate. "Probably nobody," he said.

The kings in the Bible feel pretty familiar.

The authors of 2 Thessalonians saw a painful unraveling within the community, and they responded with urgency.