Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year 1, NL)

The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.

It’s hard to do alone.

There is a difference between work-life balance and sabbath living.

Perhaps this verse has been lifted out of its context by design.

I fear we may reject the justification metaphor too quickly and understand it too shallowly.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

Wishes are about what we want. Hope is about what God wants.

Rest is often viewed as a privilege rather than a necessity.

If it's in the first verse of Romans 5, it must be important to Paul.

I would have been embarrassed, downright ashamed to be associated with gluttons, drunkards, and sinners.

Exodus 19:2–8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1–8; Matthew 9:35–10:8

When we are overwhelmed by our daily struggles, when we get weary because of the dehumanization that results from hatred and greed, Proverbs 8 and Psalm 8 remind us how God conceives of us as human beings crowned with glory and honor.

A runner is stranded on base, in a far country, unable to get home on his own. The batter bunts, aiming to obey the manager.

Some questions won't go away. The creed says Jesus was crucified "for us," but what do those two little words mean?