Wednesday of Holy Week
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A great library of witnesses
Watching from Bethlehem, feeling helpless as the death toll rose in Gaza, I applied to go far away and do research.
Praying the imprecatory psalms with Bonhoeffer
How did these psalms about enemies feel in 1940? How do they feel today?
April 13, Passion C (Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 23:1-49)
What do we do with our powerlessness?
Reading scripture through the lens of nature
Daniel Cooperrider understands the Bible as an outdoor book, open to the sky.
October 10, Ordinary 28B (Hebrews 4:12-16)
The purpose of the word of God is not to make us feel condemnable, but to help us see what is commendable.
The servant who perseveres (Isaiah 50:4-9a)
Isaiah’s suffering servant plays on our own ambivalent ideas about violence, passivity, and retribution.
April 9, Liturgy of the Passion
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 26:14–27:66; Philippians 2:5–11
Discovering the saints: A church meets a cloud of witnesses
When my senior colleague proposed a ten-week sermon series on the saints, I was hesitant. Would anyone find this interesting?