26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, RCL)

We live with a clear-eyed hope that refuses to squint in the face of suffering.

A dead shepherd isn’t helpful to anyone, least of all to the sheep left behind.

Surely God isn’t a narcissist who demands our attention.

Are there healthy, non-authoritarian ways to approach Paul’s call to like-mindedness?

Paul’s words about humility should be handled with care.

Brandan Robertson grounds his discussion of Christians and privilege in the kenosis hymn of Philippians 2.

Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.

Perhaps for the same reasons people are today.

“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”

Every knee shall bow, even our knees.

The “promised land” is whatever is on the other side of this coronavirus.

Remaining steadfast—offensive bodies and all