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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?
Perhaps this verse has been lifted out of its context by design.
by Diane Roth