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We are often told that “negative” emotions are to be ejected, tossed aside, and forgotten as quickly as possible.
Given the environmental future we’re facing, we would do well to address it with resurrection hope.
June 12, Trinity Sunday C (John 16:12-15)
We are not the first to face complex global crises and wonder, “How can we possibly come back from this?”
People sometimes regress to childlike behavior in stressful situations.
Rowan Williams weaves theological reflection and poetry into drama
Shakeshafte and Other Plays explores the messiness of language and meaning.
by Brian Volck
Rowan Williams weaves theological reflection and poetry into drama
Shakeshafte and Other Plays explores the messiness of language and meaning.
by Brian Volck
June 5, Pentecost C (John 14:8-17, 25-27)
The Spirit-driven tendency to undermine barriers goes all the way back to Peter and Paul.
by Greg Carey
How did faith and medical science become, for some people, mutually exclusive?
by Kiki Barnes
May 29, Easter 7C (Acts 16:16-34; John 17:20-26)
I want to know why grace was extended to the Philippian jailer but not the slave.
by Greg Carey
God-as-parent is a radical metaphor
It’s not possible to parent without experiencing risk, weakness, pain, and transformation.
by Debie Thomas
May 22, Easter 6C (John 5:1-9)
Abundance is not always God’s modus operandi.
Jesus, fresh out of his own three-day savasana, breathes on the disciples.
May 15, Easter 5C (Acts 11:1-18; John 13:31-35)
Peter is hardly the first person to challenge the status quo because of something God told him in a dream.
May 8, Easter 4C (Acts 9:36-43; John 10:22-30)
Tabitha’s community embraces her in her season after loss.
by Kiki Barnes
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
Mary has learned that God spares nothing in loving us.
April 24, Easter 2C (Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31
Thomas might be the patron saint of a secular age.
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.