Maundy Thursday (Year 3, NL)

As the women prepared the oil and spices, I think they must have told stories.

What do we do with our powerlessness?

If our faith cannot help us escape tribulations, then what should we do when we face them?

Psalm 34 is like balm to the weary spirit and nourishment to the hungry soul.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

If so, what did he mean?

We betray Jesus for far less than was offered to Judas.

This psalm is hard to take.

We recognize ourselves in those who accompany Jesus on that longest, hardest night.

God is the encounter we can't control.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied a meal at a Virginia restaurant. I wonder who's welcome at our table.

In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.

Luke's text for Reign of Christ Sunday is a searing critique of leaders who are powerful but not vulnerable.

How is it that the poems of a 17th-century aristocrat still resonate with us?