Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year 3, NL)
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May 30, Ascension (Luke 24:44-53)
It can be excruciating to long for something just out of reach.
The glory and the glare of Easter
What can we see with the light in our eyes?
It’s time to rethink our assumptions about where theological education happens
Until 1565, the local church was also the seminary.
Life even more bewildering than death (Luke 24:36b-48)
Jesus' death is almost impossible to accept. Then he comes back.
May 10, Ascension of the Lord (Luke 24:44-53)
The church organizes its life in the wake of absence.
April 29, Easter 5B (Acts 8:26-40; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8)
We are divided. We do not abide each other well.
April 15, Easter 3B (Luke 24:36b-48)
Our risen savior has taste buds and a digestive tract.
Flesh and bones in an Acts commentary
Willie James Jennings writes about tangible things—bodies, incarceration, healing—with graceful language that’s hard to pin down.
Who is Cleopas? (Luke 24:13–35)
Whoever he is, he’s as upset as the 12-turned-11.
Is the Reformation over? Yes and no.
Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.
How do you hold together your trans identity and your life of faith?
Nine trans Christians tell their stories.
Christ both there and here
On Ascension Day, with the readings from Luke and Acts in danger of being embalmed by archaism, the reading from Ephesians is a gift.
by Gail Ramshaw
Burying William: Funeral for a gang victim
I didn't start my day thinking about gang killings. But then a man showed up and asked about a funeral for his nephew—on Palm Sunday.
Spiritual Companioning, by Angela H. Reed, Richard R. Osmer, and Marcus G. Smucker
The authors of Spiritual Companioning suggest a way forward for those disenchanted with polite, shallow church relationships.
reviewed by Daniel Schrock
Bearing witness on the sidewalk
The Gospel of Luke ends with the Ascension. Before Jesus ascends, he reveals himself before the disciples and “opened their minds to understand the scriptures” so that they may be “witnesses of these things.”
As believers and followers of Jesus Christ, this is our task. We are called to witness. But we are called to witness in a way that goes beyond merely testifying to the events that have happened.
By Theresa Cho