21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, RCL)
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Saved for a purpose (Exodus 1:8-2:10)
The church’s job is to care for souls and bodies alike.
August 23, Ordinary 21A (Romans 12:1–8)
I wish Paul also exhorted us not to think too poorly of ourselves.
The social failure behind assisted suicide
Why are people in pain? Why are their illnesses incurable? Neither advocates nor opponents of PAS tend to ask these questions.
Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
Ten Commandments, zero context
Many lawmakers want to see the commandments displayed in public schools. Are they also interested in the Hebrew Bible’s ethical demands?
September 29, Ordinary 26B (Psalm 124)
When the Spirit moved among us, we heard the tongues of angels.
Losing puns in translation (Matthew 16:13-20)
Jesus’ word association with “Peter” falls flat in almost every language.
August 27, Ordinary 21A (Matthew 16:13–20)
I find it comforting to realize that Jesus recognizes the incompleteness of Peter’s understanding.
A New Testament that connects the heart languages of First Nations people
The translators hope that “the colonial language that was forced upon us can now serve our people in a good way.”
How the midwives Shiphrah and Puah mock the violence of empire
They use Pharaoh’s tools to dismantle oppression.
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
A stack of rough stones (21A; Matthew 16:13-20)
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
A stack of rough stones (12A; Matthew 16:13-20)
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
August 23, 21A (Exodus 1:8-2:10)
When the privileged and the helpless are called into holy conspiracy
The pandemic calls for closed hymnals
Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline
Walking with Moses from slavery to liberation
When Moses says “keep still,” he’s not recommending inactivity.
God's love, our bodies
Turned toward one another in worship, we experience the grace of God's gaze.
August 27, Ordinary 21A (Matthew 16:13-20)
Not everyone knows who Jesus is. Do his disciples?