Third Sunday of Advent (Year B, RCL)
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A deeper legacy than hard work
The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.
John the avant-garde (John 1:6-8, 19-28)
John the Baptist had no chance at being ordinary—but he takes his outlier status to new heights all on his own.
by Katie Kirk
Mary’s special child and mine
I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.
A rich woman who took the Magnificat seriously
Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.
December 17, Advent 3 (John 1:6–8, 19–28)
In the wilderness, trying to find joy can be like trying to make a fire with wet matches.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
My fertility journey with Mary
Navigating agency and surrender with my namesake, the mother of God
by Mary Barnett
Mary brings her whole story (Luke 1:46b-55)
If anyone is expecting a lullaby, they better think again.
Companions in the wilderness
Evolving Faith’s Sarah Bessey and Jeff Chu believe that a person’s deconstruction can’t just be for them.
Jon Mathieu interviews Sarah Bessey and Jeff Chu
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
Imagining a new political economy with Miriam of Nazareth
Abortion is about real lives enmeshed in the realities of home and work and wages and debt.
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.
Mary’s song reveals her politics of mercy
I think Jesus learned his prophetic ministry from his mother.
December 13, Advent 3B (John 1:6–8, 19–28)
John the Baptist has a brand.
Why do Christians protest?
The biblical foundation for a holy practice
Mary 2018 (aka Mary at the Border Fence), by Benjamin Wildflower
art selection and comment by Lil Copan
Seeing myself in the story of the Feast of the Visitation
I've long identified with Mary's fire. Now I want to learn from Elizabeth.
What about the brokenhearted? (Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126)
Unabated cultural frivolity rules our churches, too.
by Martha Spong
Coronation of the Madonna and Child, with Five Angels, by Sandro Botticelli
Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons