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Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
Proverbs warns us against the culture of self-aggrandizement.
by Shai Held
September 22, Ordinary 25C (Luke 16:1–13; Amos 8:4–7)
Jesus is talking to two different audiences.
Seeing the crucified Christ in my wife’s C-section
I see love incarnate in suffering flesh, a body bearing a body in pain for love.
by Brad East
September 15, Ordinary 24C (Luke 15:1-10)
Not everything that’s lost can be found.
What questions arise if we take Jesus' warning literally?
by Hardy Kim
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz
September 8, Ordinary 23C (Luke 14:25-33)
Jesus isn’t known for being on the winning side. His constant mantra is come and die.
The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
And that conversation’s inevitable limits
The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
And that conversation’s inevitable limits
September 1, Ordinary 22C (Proverbs 25:6-7; Luke 14:1, 7-14)
Jesus and Maimonides are drinking from the same well: the book of Proverbs.
by Shai Held
Can we allow Jesus’ metaphors into our imagination?
by Hardy Kim
August 18, Ordinary 20C (Luke 12:49-56; Jeremiah 23:23-29)
We preach the gospel of peace and justice. Are there divides between our words and actions?
by Hardy Kim
This is a story some of us need to hear in a new way.