Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A, RCL)
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Seeing God’s works beyond reward and punishment (John 9:1-41)
We can’t reconcile the senseless mercy of Jesus with an insistence that life is fair.
March 15, Lent 4A (Psalm 23; John 9:1–41)
Psalm 23 isn’t just a song of comfort and consolation. It’s also about heroism and the world set to rights.
God’s relentless gaze
Like the surveillance state, the Christ Pantocrator icon asserts an omnipresent authority. But it also asserts divine mercy and love.
My artificial chaplains
While recovering from a hiking accident, I posed the same theological question to multiple AI spiritual counselors.
Does God care what I wear to church?
While my thinking on this question has shifted, at the core of my being there is still a well-dressed girl from Queens.
May 11, Easter 4C (Psalm 23; John 10:22-30)
Jesus is very clear: Snatchers, no snatching!
Psalm 23 in conversation (Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18)
This familiar text takes on new dimensions when read in tandem with this week’s epistle and gospel texts.
April 21, Easter 4B (Psalm 23; John 10:11–18)
A dead shepherd isn’t helpful to anyone, least of all to the sheep left behind.
April 30, Easter 4A (Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; John 10:1-10)
The church in Acts 2 will follow Jesus, for they know his voice.
David and the seer (1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41)
It’s hard to see the way God sees.
March 19, Lent 4A (John 9:1-41)
The light of the world illumines those who are open but is opaque to those who claim powerful position.
Liz Tichenor’s life in the wake of her infant’s death
We are called to accompany the bodies we love from birth to death and beyond.
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?