Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year 4, NL)
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September 1, Creation in Christ A (Genesis 1:1−2:3 or Genesis 2:4−25; Psalm 148:1−14; Acts 17:22a, 24−28; John 1:1−5)
There is nothing in us that is not also in earth, sun, stars, and everything composed of matter.
A feast day for the whole church
“The Feast of Creation in Christ names our need to celebrate God’s saving work in creation,” says liturgical theologian Kimberly Belcher, “and to do so together.”
Holy impatience
I’m tired of waiting for justice. But I am learning to face a world coming to an end with the gift of God who is World Without End.
The suffering that remains (Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:8-20; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21)
How can we know which suffering is generative and which is pointless?
January 18, Epiphany 2A (John 1:29–42)
Who is Jesus? The first chapter of John’s Gospel offers many answers.
The Verb made flesh? (John 1:1-18)
In Spanish-language Bibles, there’s no consensus as to how to translate Logos.
One of us
In my circles, the incarnation is often met with a dismissive liberal skepticism. For me, it has always been a consolation.
January 4, Christmas 2 (Jeremiah 31:7–14; John 1:(1–9), 10–18)
The child staggering out of a bomb-blasted city does not need to find her home in God. She needs a physical home.
April 27, Easter 2C (John 20:19-31)
Why wasn’t Thomas with the others? Why did he eventually return?
The Word became relationship
Christianity is, finally, a story in which communication prevails over violence.
by Samuel Wells
Should we avoid liturgical language of light and dark?
While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.
How White Christians turned syncretism into an insult
Early-20th-century European and North American missionaries grew concerned about it—but never in their own churches.
by Ross Kane
God became flesh, but he never had breast cancer
I was diagnosed just after Christmas. It changed my perspective on the incarnation.
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
Rowan Williams sees creation through the human, divine Christ
The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.
by S. Mark Heim
Six traits of a pluralist Christian vision of human flourishing
Can Christianity make universal claims without being exclusivist?
by Miroslav Volf and Matt Croasmun
A storyteller who respects his audience (Acts 17:22-31)
Paul's approach in Athens is refreshing.
by Enuma Okoro

