1 Corinthians 12

My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.

My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.

The word of God is living and active; it meets us where we are.

Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.

Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.

We might add to Paul's list gifts for offering comfort, or explaining new guidelines, or displaying ease with technology.

Brian Brock’s book is both academic and deeply personal.

Miracles can be hard work.

The thin cannot say to the fat, "I have no need of you."

The thin cannot say to the fat, "I have no need of you."

Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.

For several years, I directed the Center for Pastoral Excellence at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. The center hosts five initiatives that together address and support the long arc of ministry through a variety of resources and research projects. Its name--the Center for Pastoral Excellence--has been somewhat controversial.

We've been hearing for a while now about the "spiritual but not religious." There are all kinds of reasons why people might rather be spiritual than religious.

One is that the church has turned people off with its own mistakes.

In this week’s Gospel reading, many people praise Jesus’ teaching—until he claims that he is the fulfillment of the scripture he reads. It is difficult for American Christians to grasp how shocking Jesus’ announcement is to a first-century synagogue.

From Paul’s letter, we can infer that the Corinthians tended toward the same bias from which many of us suffer: the belief that there is little collective wisdom in the church.

From Paul’s letter, we can infer that the Corinthians tended toward the same bias from which many of us suffer: the belief that there is little collective wisdom in the church.

Sometimes when I set out to preach from the Revised Common Lectionary I feel like calling someone from the Consultation on Common Texts to get the scoop on why the group settled on a particular set of pericopes. This week, Isaiah’s marriage metaphor and Jesus’ miraculous transformation of water into wedding wine are an obvious match. The rationale for including 1 Corinthians 12:1-11’s discussion of spiritual gifts is less clear.

Prayer is not something we do first and foremost on our own. We pray with other Christians.

Prayer is not something we do first and foremost on our own. We pray with other Christians.