Are we the gardener? Or the fig tree?
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.
Prophecy is a job not for the comfortable but for the afflicted.
Lent invites us to pay attention to our hunger.
Often our spiritual practices are one more way we refuse to see that all is grace.
Jesus’ transfiguration should have implications for how its witnesses will live.
What if I’m the cheek-slapper, the thief, the opportunist?
Trusting in God is fruitful, says Jeremiah. But what about when it isn’t?
Jesus calls Peter. But there's a catch.
There’s a lot of urgency in that single word today.
About that baptism by fire
How would Norman Rockwell have painted Jesus' homecoming to Nazareth?
Miracles can be hard work.
About that baptism by fire
The wise men remind us that stargazing always involves politics.
Jesus flips the script on his parents.
