The gap in the lectionary’s account of the return of the Ark of the Covenant echoes a pattern we have seen too often in our country.
Season after Pentecost | 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Amos 7:7-15 (Psalm 85:8-13); Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 | Semi-continuous first reading: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 (Psalm 24)
An incident in Germany reminded me who we all belong to.
According to Josephus, Herod Antipas desperately wanted to be called “king.”
Put your ear to the ground. You will not detect a single note of good news in the story of Herod, Herodias, and John.
What makes a family?
We tend to think biology matters, and matters very much—except when we don’t.
The Dakota Access pipeline poses a threat to indigenous people. Their resistance poses tough questions for all of us.