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Mary's joy is for everyone
The Magnificat rejoices in a God who acts within human history.
December 31, Christmas 1B (Luke 2:22-40)
Luke insists that Jesus is a child of Israel.
by Greg Carey
December 24/25, Nativity (Luke 2:1-14)
Luke has some sense of how a baby can change everything.
by Martha Spong
December 24/25, Nativity (Luke 2:1-14)
Luke has some sense of how a baby can change everything.
by Martha Spong
December 24, Advent 4B (2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Luke 1:26-38)
I imagine Nathan waking to the word of the Lord with his heart pounding.
by Martha Spong
Being a Shalom Sista in a brokenhearted world
What does it look like to embody the peace of the city of God?
by Osheta Moore
Being a Shalom Sista in a brokenhearted world
What does it look like to embody the peace of the city of God?
by Osheta Moore
What's dangerous about exorcism?
The practice plays a big role in Christianity—and not just on the fringes.
Encountering the Gerasene demoniac in an American prison
Incarceration is a tomb. It beats death into people.
How can we fell the demons of hatred?
Narratives of fear, domination, and greed abound. But there's a better story.
God's words and liturgy's echo
"I love you," says God. "We love you, too," our prayers reply.
Everybody counts. Even the Lollards.
A counting book that retells Jesus’ parables and a Reformation-themed alphabet book are among my favorite new children’s books.
Everybody counts. Even the Lollards.
A counting book that retells Jesus’ parables and a Reformation-themed alphabet book are among my favorite new children’s books.
Whoever he is, he’s as upset as the 12-turned-11.
Whoever he is, he’s as upset as the 12-turned-11.