Palm/Passion Sunday (Year 4, NL)

As I read the headline yesterday, my heart began to pound and my throat closed up: “School Clerk In Georgia Persuaded Gunman To Lay Down Weapons.” This was a good story—ultimately a hopeful one—but all I could see was “school” and “gunman."

This Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King. All of the readings for this Sunday focus on kingship—David’s, God’s, Jesus’. Jesus’ views on kingship are revealed in his famous discussion with Pilate. Jesus makes it clear that his kingship is directed at testifying to the truth.

Jesus is a king with a specific mission: he has come into the world to testify to the truth.

Reconciliation requires relocation. To see the effects of our food choices, we have to get close to the land.

If anything remains sacred in our culture, it’s the family. Yet Jesus challenged the family’s ultimacy.

Psalm 51 does not let any of us off the hook—not the progressives, the evangelicals, or the feel-good agnostics.

You can’t micromanage a road trip. The wind blows where it wills.

In the 2,200 pages of Boswell's Life of Johnson, the protagonist's death is dispensed with in 36 pages.