Luke

During the pandemic, I went six months without touching another human being. I felt starved.

What Peter, James, and John see on the mountain cannot be neatly packaged for resale.

Jesus warned of them and the fruit they bear.

The hymns of Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon reflect the worship material of early Christians.

Simeon and Anna echo the worship material of ancient Israel.

Mary and Joseph must have felt dejected and homeless.

The annunciation is a story about a woman bearing forth the better things from the baser.

The God of exiles, refugees, and migrants still shines light amid today’s present darkness.

The God of exiles, refugees, and migrants still shines light amid today’s present darkness.

The God of exiles, refugees, and migrants still shines light amid today’s present darkness.

The traditional annunciation story bothers me even more than the word handmaid.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.