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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
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
Focus on the breath (John 20:19-31)
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.
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.
A rite of spontaneous love (John 12:1-8)
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.
April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
by Michael Fick
April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
by Michael Fick
April 14, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
In a pandemic, the practices associated with Maundy Thursday feel nearly transgressive.
by Michael Fick
April 3, Lent 5C (John 12:1-8)
Were Mary and Martha at the Last Supper? It’s possible.
Redeemed with new wine (Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; John 2:1-11)
Any conversation about salvation should include both an eschatological aspect and one that is relevant to our lives here and now.
An Omicron Christmas
I don’t know if this is the pandemic’s end game. I do know that new things are already being born in us.
January 16, Epiphany 2C (John 2:1-11)
The wedding at Cana is a reminder that Jesus’ kingdom is a miraculous kingdom—a mystical kingdom.
December 24/25, Nativity (Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-14)
What is the story within the story that we need to hear anew?
December 19, Advent 4C (Luke 1:39-45, 46-55)
It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.