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Church buildings aren’t just buildings
The church is made of people. But they need a home.
Church buildings aren’t just buildings
The church is made of people. But they need a home.
Our behavior doesn’t change the claim Jesus makes on us.
And are we practicing it?
Divine absence and the light inaccessible
God isn't just hidden. God hides. Why?
Divine absence and the light inaccessible
God isn't just hidden. God hides. Why?
A pilgrimage of Virginia Woolf readers
Walking together through Sussex and To The Lighthouse.
4 Bible storybooks that leave space for children’s imagination
In God's kingdom, sometimes less is more.
It took me decades to realize Psalm 23 isn’t exactly about Jesus.
The Red Hen and the spirit of Eucharist
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied a meal at a Virginia restaurant. I wonder who's welcome at our table.
The Red Hen and the spirit of Eucharist
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied a meal at a Virginia restaurant. I wonder who's welcome at our table.
The Red Hen and the spirit of Eucharist
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied a meal at a Virginia restaurant. I wonder who's welcome at our table.
The sacred work of Jerusalem's Mekudeshet festival
When Jews, Christians, and Muslims gather to celebrate arts and culture, the dividing walls crumble.
Sometimes it seems that the vine grower has prepared the vineyard and gone off to a remote island where things are warmer and nicer.
April 22, Easter 4B (Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18)
The "jobsworth" and the good shepherd.
by David Heim
March 25, Passion Sunday B (Mark 14:1-15:47; Psalm 31:9-16)
In the hours before the Passion, the Jesus who was hidden becomes revealed.
What rules apply to everyone?
Our political discourse features strong convictions about moral obligations—and widespread uncertainty about where they come from.
God invites us to live out an authentic prophetic ministry truly guided by God.
This week’s readings challenge us to adopt a particular posture.
Psalm 91 in every time and place
“No evil shall befall us,” said St. Anthony in the desert, preachers during the Rwandan genocide, and Americans after 9/11.