John 17

There is no greater evidence of how much Letha Dawson Scanzoni valued relationships than her letters.

The challenges to unity are great. The reward of unity is tremendous.

It must have astonished those gathered with Jesus to hear that they were beloved.

I want to know why grace was extended to the Philippian jailer but not the slave.

Jesus’ high priestly prayer is a call to a new kind of knowing and loving.

We can’t all be one until we believe that all people matter equally to God.

“Being in Jesus” is John’s theological language to describe a state of communion essential for our faith.

Jesus wants us all around the table. That can be really, really hard.

Christian theology is a love story.

John 17:1–11

John 17:1–11

One of the gifts of the lectionary is that a biblical text wears different vestments depending on when it shows up for Christian worship.

The reading from Revelation 22 concludes the book’s resurrection songs: the baptized enjoy the fruits of the tree of life.  But the tree is not merely one of the countless archetypal trees that religions and cultures everywhere have imagined.

The Bible's images for God must be taken in an analogical sense. Yet the Bible exhibits no anxiety about using them.

The Bible's images for God must be taken in an analogical sense. Yet the Bible exhibits no anxiety about using them.

The Bible's images for God must be taken in an analogical sense. Yet the Bible exhibits no anxiety about using them.

Jesus' prayer is meant to be overheard.

Jesus' prayer is meant to be overheard.

Jesus' prayer is meant to be overheard.