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My artificial chaplains
While recovering from a hiking accident, I posed the same theological question to multiple AI spiritual counselors.
Becoming manna
There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
Becoming manna
There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
June 8, Pentecost C John 14:8-17, (25-27)
John’s Gospel is permeated with an encouragement, indeed an insistence, on intimacy.
Notes on (Christian) camp
Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.
Notes on (Christian) camp
Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.
June 1, Easter 7 (John 17:20-26)
The question of unity always raises another question: On whose terms?
May 25, Easter 6C (John 5:1-9)
Again and again, God comes near and changes everything.
May 18, Easter 5C (John 13:31–35)
Jesus’ new commandment isn’t about who we should love. It’s about how.
May 18, Easter 5C (John 13:31–35)
Jesus’ new commandment isn’t about who we should love. It’s about how.
Just when victory should be a show of power, the vulnerable lamb appears, standing as if slain.
May 11, Easter 4C (Psalm 23; John 10:22-30)
Jesus is very clear: Snatchers, no snatching!
In Revelation, Jesus is the Weird Barbie of lambs.
Resurrection, then breakfast
Jesus conquers death so he can come back and enjoy another meal, lingering with his friends for as long as he can.
May 4, Easter 3C (John 21:1-19)
John tells us the mother of all fish stories.
Christianity in India goes back to the ancient world.