Luke 1

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones argues that to name Mary as Black is to challenge Christianity’s complicity in colonization and to claim sacred Blackness.

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones argues that to name Mary as Black is to challenge Christianity’s complicity in colonization and to claim sacred Blackness.

Herod is frightened—or disturbed, or troubled, or all of the above.

Mary’s first move is to set off to visit Elizabeth.

Is Matthew so embarrassed by Bethlehem’s lowly status in Micah that he feels the need to punch it up a little?

Being baptized requires becoming vulnerable to at least one other person.

The annunciation is a story about a woman bearing forth the better things from the baser.

The traditional annunciation story bothers me even more than the word handmaid.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.

Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.

What if we did asystematic theology?

Navigating agency and surrender with my namesake, the mother of God

Navigating agency and surrender with my namesake, the mother of God

If anyone is expecting a lullaby, they better think again.