The Christian Century

Our behavior doesn’t change the claim Jesus makes on us.

Last year I was told I needed to be on a high-sodium diet for medical reasons.

Mystics experience the holy—an experience that enlarges their interest in their fellow humans.

What does it mean to have a Savior?

Ephphatha is Jesus’ own original language. Be opened!

And are we practicing it?

The disciples remember every miracle that Jesus did, every truth that he proclaimed.

The church doesn’t always value people as God does. Not even Mary.

It’s been quite a week for the prophet of God.

The One who promised Moses perpetual presence is apparently someone to be trusted.

Ephesians makes a case for theological reflection on the mysteries of life.

It took me decades to realize Psalm 23 isn’t exactly about Jesus.

According to Josephus, Herod Antipas desperately wanted to be called “king.”

Is this passage more than a cautionary tale about the tendency to stuff a suitcase to the gills?

Jairus knows the weight of justice delayed as justice denied. But he keeps moving.