John

In the gospels, sometimes Jesus responds to questions much like the young Bob Dylan did in interviews.

I love René Girard. I don’t love that J. D. Vance loves him, too.

While recovering from a hiking accident, I posed the same theological question to multiple AI spiritual counselors.

Christ’s pierced body helps me understand my own.

Christ’s pierced body helps me understand my own.

There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.

There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.

John’s Gospel is permeated with an encouragement, indeed an insistence, on intimacy.

Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.

Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.

The question of unity always raises another question: On whose terms?

Again and again, God comes near and changes everything.

Turns out there are a lot of them.

Jesus’ new commandment isn’t about who we should love. It’s about how.

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.

Jesus is very clear: Snatchers, no snatching!

In Revelation, Jesus is the Weird Barbie of lambs.

Jesus conquers death so he can come back and enjoy another meal, lingering with his friends for as long as he can.