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How faith-based organizing helped end money bail in Illinois
The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.
by Charles Straight and Will Tanzman
How faith-based organizing helped end money bail in Illinois
The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.
by Charles Straight and Will Tanzman
Defining the Trinity is absurd.
When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.
Some people can tell where wine or coffee is from just by tasting it.
Jesus’ high priestly prayer is a call to a new kind of knowing and loving.
What would the insurance-mandated boundary trainings that I’ve attended make of Jesus’ intimacy with his disciples?
The vine branch doesn’t put “make grapes” on its to-do list. It just makes them.
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus
“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus
“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan
Read the Passion in John‘s Gospel. All of it.
by Wes D. Avram
Read the Passion in John‘s Gospel. All of it.
by Wes D. Avram
Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources
April 11, Easter 2B (Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31)
Thomas gets so overwhelmed by Jesus’ presence that he ends up shelving the autopsy.
Preaching Holy Week in the middle of a pandemic—again
Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.
a conversation between Richard Lischer and William H. Willimon
Preaching Holy Week in the middle of a pandemic—again
Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.
a conversation between Richard Lischer and William H. Willimon
Preaching Holy Week in the middle of a pandemic—again
Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.
a conversation between Richard Lischer and William H. Willimon
Who are the other enraged voices crying out from the temple with Christ?
How does Isaiah's Suffering Servant compare to John’s Jesus?
by Wes D. Avram