29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, RCL)
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October 20, Ordinary 29B (Hebrews 5:1–10)
It can be easy to read this portion of Hebrews as making glory out of what is inglorious.
The wisdom of not knowing
The information age feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I’m stuffed.
A Job who’s read Job
Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.
God’s first worst enemy
Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
A rabbi’s poetic wrestling with faith after the Shoah
In Yehiel Poupko’s poems, Jewish belief in God groans under the burden of divine silence.
That word “ransom” (Mark 10:35-45)
Like the disciples, we’ve missed the point here.
October 17, Ordinary 29B (Job 38:1-7, 34-41)
I don’t want to hear any more from Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar. I want answers.
The New Testament’s most dangerous book for Jews
Reading and preaching Hebrews without supersessionism
March 21, Lent 5B (Hebrews 5:5–10; John 12:20–33)
In ancient Israel, priests were the gates through which God poured mercy.
The treasure of the Psalms
The psalter’s wisdom, illuminated from five perspectives
The suffering human (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
Exiled Israel, the crucified Christ, and the thread that holds two interpretations together.
The inner circle (Mark 10:35–45)
James and John don’t want power; they want a special level of intimacy with Jesus.