The Christian Century

We need a Christ who manifests his power, not just a Pantocrator of the gaps.

Jesus has the prophet’s double horizon in view.

Remembering the (anonymous) way of the cross

Jesus acts in response to real human suffering and actual human tears.

The crowd's proximity to Jesus does not make them attentive to his priorities.

James and John don’t want power; they want a special level of intimacy with Jesus.

We are worthy, loved, and enough. But so is everyone else.

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.