Matthew

Luke usually tones down the apocalyptic intensity we encounter in Matthew and Mark. Not here.

While my thinking on this question has shifted, at the core of my being there is still a well-dressed girl from Queens.

Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.

Isaiah and Matthew invite us into deeper solidarity. None is well until all are well.

Isaiah and Matthew invite us into deeper solidarity. None is well until all are well.

The Enlightenment thinker was fiercely critical of religion. But what did he mean by religion?

My theological education began at Deep Springs College, a two-year work school in California.

Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.

Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.

You rarely see a children’s pageant based on Matthew’s story of escape from a raging despot.

Is Matthew so embarrassed by Bethlehem’s lowly status in Micah that he feels the need to punch it up a little?

Maybe the kingdom of God isn’t like a king—maybe it’s like those who resist a king.

In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.

The scribe’s question to Jesus is not merely an academic exercise.

In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.

A small but growing movement of Christians believes fervently that Torah observance is for everyone.

Clouds evoke the sublime. What about the cloud that stores our data and mediates its flow?

Praying in community is often more powerful than praying “in secret.”

How did my friend feel making a cross on my forehead, not knowing how long I’d be alive?