Genesis 1
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My double vision
I like to think Jesus gives the blind man in Mark 8 vision of another kind: to see past the limits of human sight.
God’s first worst enemy
Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.
June 4, Trinity A (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8)
Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.
The power of the Latin neuter
An ancient language offers my nonbinary students something English does not.
A mosaic of story
What if we did asystematic theology?
Earth’s self-care
The blue-and-green-marbled planet is trying her best to restore stability.
Parenting on a planet in pain
How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?
October 3, Ordinary 27B (Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12)
Israel’s claim that all people are created in God’s image is strikingly egalitarian.
The audacity to preach the gospel
Will Willimon tells preachers to put aside sentimentality.
The gift of nurturing small things during isolation
What deep desire do my sourdough starter and jade clippings represent?
Wondering the Trinity (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Let’s not pretend that God hid secret Jesus messages in the Hebrew Bible like Easter eggs.
June 7, Trinity Sunday (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8; Matthew 28:16–20)
When we read scripture backward
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
The extinction of whales, birds, and other creatures that once praised God
God called all of them good. Humans are rapidly destroying them.
The extinction of whales, birds, and other creatures that once praised God
God called all of them good. Humans are rapidly destroying them.