Love has come into the world and is walking even now.
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.
The work of advancing the kingdom doesn't translate into fair compensation as we understand it.
The failure to forgive disrupts, distorts, and degrades community.
At a #decolonizeLutheranism forum, I thought of Matthew 18.
Through Christ, God dances.
Not everyone knows who Jesus is. Do his disciples?
Give me your tired, your poor, those you consider dogs.
Both Elijah and Peter face a stark reality: fear.
I can’t fathom a God who isn’t personal—and personally accountable.
We can be joined by our suffering, not just separated.
