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It’s all too much like a fairy tale.
Epiphany is the ultimate bad-guy story.
I was a scribe for the Chicago Illuminated Scripture Project
What would possess me to copy a chapter of the Bible by hand?
I was a scribe for the Chicago Illuminated Scripture Project
What would possess me to copy a chapter of the Bible by hand?
I was a scribe for the Chicago Illuminated Scripture Project
What would possess me to copy a chapter of the Bible by hand?
The Herodians' topic of choice could have been plucked from the moderator's cue cards in a presidential debate.
by Audrey West
The king doesn't want just anyone at the wedding banquet.
Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world
Jesus knows exactly what he is doing.
As a culture, we don’t have much patience for the last.
September 27, 26A (Matthew 21:23-32)
Remaining steadfast—offensive bodies and all
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
by Liddy Barlow
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
by Liddy Barlow
A few reflections on this passage from Matthew
by Michael Fick
August 30, 22A (Matthew 16:21-28)
Following Jesus means the human things and the divine things will overlap.
by Liddy Barlow
God wants God's people to be free.
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?