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A new lectionary that centers women
“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”
Grace Ji-Sun Kim interviews Wil Gafney
A new lectionary that centers women
“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”
Grace Ji-Sun Kim interviews Wil Gafney
Trees symbolize a holy channel that faithfully stewards the power of God into the world.
by Amy Ziettlow
Any conversation about salvation should include both an eschatological aspect and one that is relevant to our lives here and now.
Any conversation about salvation should include both an eschatological aspect and one that is relevant to our lives here and now.
Our baptismal covenant is a beginning, not an ending.
January 23, Epiphany 3 (Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21)
The word of God is living and active; it meets us where we are.
The book of Exodus includes a story about reparations for slavery
White Americans aren’t the Israelites; we’re the Egyptians. Maybe we should follow their lead.
Sometimes someone else has to start singing before we can.
Don’t tell my Pentecostal mom, but I pray the Hail Mary
My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.
Don’t tell my Pentecostal mom, but I pray the Hail Mary
My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.
Don’t tell my Pentecostal mom, but I pray the Hail Mary
My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.
Don’t tell my Pentecostal mom, but I pray the Hail Mary
My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.
Advent must respond in some consequential way to the widening uncertainty of the living of our days.
This psalm is hard to take.
This psalm is hard to take.
This psalm is hard to take.
August 22, Ordinary 21B (Psalm 84)
In Psalm 84, an expectant swallow makes her nest in the temple.
August 22, Ordinary 21B (Psalm 84)
In Psalm 84, an expectant swallow makes her nest in the temple.
“Dad, why does Deuteronomy 20 talk about killing the boys and girls?”
My daughter wants to know. Even as a biblical scholar, I don’t have a good answer.