24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, RCL)

Can we reach the sinner inside and ask what keeps us from coming to the table?

Hope where all appears hopeless: that’s where God is.

Where is the psalmist’s own voice in this communal confession and appeal?

Jeremiah’s ministry bleeds into his humanity.

Sometimes in ministry you lose precious things.

It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.

The golden calf isn’t a terrible idea. It’s just not God’s idea.

I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.

It's complicated to lose things.

Not everything that’s lost can be found.

I’ve stopped trying to climb over it or knock it down. Now I just sit there.

What began as respect for the Second Amendment has morphed into a colossal idolatry of lethal weapons.

Our political discourse features strong convictions about moral obligations—and widespread uncertainty about where they come from.

A counting book that retells Jesus’ parables and a Reformation-themed alphabet book are among my favorite new children’s books. 

I have no idea what it would mean to be a shepherd, let alone someone who would abandon 99 sheep to go looking for a single stray.

James calls Abraham a “friend of God.” In this week’s reading from Exodus, Moses presumes upon a similar divine friendship to offer God advice.