Matthew 27

Whatever the historical reasons for the crucifixion, the Christian tradition has always insisted that one of the reasons Jesus died is me. 

What is a preacher to do with Palm/Passion Sunday?

Matthew’s Passion doesn’t show us Jesus’ reactions. We just see his pain and hear his silence.

I am struck by how Christ’s desert experience relies on inner convictions resisting an external voice.

In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

Minister and veteran David Peters invites us to consider our own post-traumatic identities in a new light. 

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

What ritual remedies exist to sharpen our spiritual attention, focus, and clarity?

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

There is something about the wail of a bagpipe that seems especially appropriate this Sunday.

The Passion reveals the many gods of my own making.

What does it mean to protect women and girls?

Matthew's writing is terse. This hasn't stopped some from imagining grimmer details.

The story of Jesus’ unjust trial and wrongful conviction must not be romanticized.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.