Second Sunday after Christmas
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April 27, Easter 2C (John 20:19-31)
Why wasn’t Thomas with the others? Why did he eventually return?
Grace and peace (Ephesians 1:3-14)
It’s hard to greet people with a blessing without sounding ostentatiously pious.
The Word became relationship
Christianity is, finally, a story in which communication prevails over violence.
Should we avoid liturgical language of light and dark?
While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.
December 24/25, Nativity (Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-14)
What is the story within the story that we need to hear anew?
God became flesh, but he never had breast cancer
I was diagnosed just after Christmas. It changed my perspective on the incarnation.
December 24/25, Nativity (Isaiah 9:2-7; John 1:1-14)
The prophetic power of a candle in the window
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
Rowan Williams sees creation through the human, divine Christ
The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.