While he has everyone’s attention, Jesus challenges the conventional dinner seating practices.
Living by the Word
Reflections on the lectionary readings by pastors, preachers, and biblical scholars
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Some rights reserved by Abdallah A. Mansour.
If Jeremiah sounds a bit paranoid, it is because everybody really is against him.
To plant anything—even hope—is a risk.
In the shadow of uncertainty, fear and hope look similar.
The lilies of the field don’t have student loans.
If Hosea is a factual account, it’s horrific. If it’s an allegory, it’s still horrific.
I wonder whether Martha could feel cared for by Jesus.
The prophets God sends among us are often vilified, distorted, and silenced.
At last the protests fade away and we come to seven little splashes in the Jordan river.
No one who [fill in the blank] is fit for the kingdom. Ouch.
God never intended for Elijah to carry the full weight of challenging the halls of power.
We are not the first to face complex global crises and wonder, “How can we possibly come back from this?”
The Spirit-driven tendency to undermine barriers goes all the way back to Peter and Paul.
I want to know why grace was extended to the Philippian jailer but not the slave.
Like the disciples at the ascension, we need a little help with interpretation.
