20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Given the environmental future we’re facing, we would do well to address it with resurrection hope.

To preach on only a portion of this passage is to do it a disservice.

How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people

 A few reflections on this reading from Romans

Is the Joseph story just an old unsophisticated morality trope?

Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels

Daniel Hawk avoids easy responses to violence in the Bible—but then enters some troubling territory.

The psalmist calls for something that is hard for us to imagine.

What if I’m the cheek-slapper, the thief, the opportunist?

A well-placed wisecrack can pull the mighty down from their thrones.

When Jews, Christians, and Muslims gather to celebrate arts and culture, the dividing walls crumble.

God builds “a house of prayer for all peoples.” All means all.

Anyone who seeks to divide people is working against God. And refusing to say that is sin.

There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.

Give me your tired, your poor, those you consider dogs.

This election season, we've seen a lot of hatred and inhospitality directed toward Muslims and toward migrants. There is talk of building walls instead of bridges, a focus on fueling the politics of fear instead of concern for human need.

In 1 Kings 8 we see an alternative.