Third Sunday of Advent
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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.
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
Mary's joy is for everyone
The Magnificat rejoices in a God who acts within human history.
December 17, Advent 3B (John 1:6-8, 19-28; Isa. 61:1-4, 8-11; 1 Thess. 5:16-24)
Like John the Baptist, progressive Christians tend to define ourselves in the negative.
by Martha Spong
God's words and liturgy's echo
"I love you," says God. "We love you, too," our prayers reply.
Good news for the rich and poor (Luke1:46b–55)
What a relief it might be to middle-class America to be sent away empty.