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It’s easy to read this passage and assume it has nothing to do with us.
March 2, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Some years the message of Ash Wednesday feels more tender than others.
Whose Father in heaven?
In Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for enemies.
The glorious and impressive features are only half of the story.
January 6, Epiphany (Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12)
Theology is not popularly understood to be a landscape where dreams are welcome.
Jesus the poet
We are invited to bring the rich resources of our senses and imaginations into the realm of faith.
by Debie Thomas
From Dante to Tina Fey, a romp through history with Jesus’ Beatitudes
Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus
“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan
Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources
Mainline Christians have often distorted this passage from Matthew.
The distinctions between how we love God, neighbor, and self are not terribly thick.
Gratitude, need, and desire
These three stances toward God are the beginning of faith.
It’s all too much like a fairy tale.