1 Corinthians 12

What would Frederick Buechner say about the world’s persistent hunger for gladless jobs?

Have you ever tried to watch the wind? Good luck.

Have you ever tried to watch the wind? Good luck.

Life in Christ calls for a new kind of seeing and knowing.

Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.

Liberal Anglicans and Methodists often face a tension between LGBTQ inclusion and anti-colonialism. But we don’t have to choose.

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.