I can’t fathom a God who isn’t personal—and personally accountable.
Season after Pentecost | 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 17:1-7, 15; (Isaiah 55:1-5; Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21;) Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21
Nine trans Christians tell their stories.
It took me a long time to accept this about myself. Eventually I even came to like it.
Maybe the parable of the persistent widow isn't about God. Maybe it's about us.
We don’t talk about idolatry much anymore, despite the caution against it in everything from the Ten Commandments to the New Testament epistles. This is ironic, because idolatry flourishes in our culture.
“Many were coming and going, and they had no leisure, even to eat.” I think of the many lunches spent at my computer with a sandwich.