Luke

Richard Hays has said for years that he's working on something about "echoes of scripture in the Gospels." But life intervened, so he has produced this slim volume as an appetizer.

Touch me and see, said the prisoners. Shake my hand and discover that I am human like you.

Touch me and see, said the prisoners. Shake my hand and discover that I am human like you.

By the third century, the gesture of giving became miniaturized.

By the third century, the gesture of giving became miniaturized.

Past efforts at "character education" have operated with a shallow understanding of character. The Expeditionary Learning model goes deeper.

John 13 begins with imminent betrayal, suffering, and death. Understandably, we envision the scene with somber images. But I wonder if we overlook Jesus’ joy.

John 13 begins with imminent betrayal, suffering, and death. Understandably, we envision the scene with somber images. But I wonder if we overlook Jesus’ joy.

Reading Amy-Jill Levine's Short Stories by Jesus, I kept wishing she had published it earlier. It would have saved me some mistakes in the pulpit.

Reading Amy-Jill Levine's Short Stories by Jesus, I kept wishing she had published it earlier. It would have saved me some mistakes in the pulpit.

To be a follower of the one who promised that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed is to expect a blessed in-breaking of peace.

To be a follower of the one who promised that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed is to expect a blessed in-breaking of peace.

Let’s build shrines, Peter says. He doesn’t know how to respond to a mystical mountaintop experience, and he’s afraid.

The story goes that God got a body. I’ve often pondered the relationship between incarnation and pain.

The story goes that God got a body. I’ve often pondered the relationship between incarnation and pain.

Luke’s first two chapters are a metaphorical retirement home for elders who are “looking forward to the consolation of Israel.”

It is not as though Mary and Joseph have a choice.

Like Simeon and Anna, I had a rough Advent.