29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, RCL)

In the Parable novels, Octavia Butler imagines not just a dystopian future but also a way to survive it.

I look to the hills, not to a politician.

The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.

So I took a new name—as many characters in the Bible do.

Why read the Bible?

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Eye.”

Luke says this story is about prayer. But the widow keeps asking for justice.

Who is Jacob wrestling with?

The parable of the widow and the unjust judge might give us a radical look at the face of God.

As we spin through our to-do lists, we can lose sight of our spot that orients our life: our faith. 

As we spin through our to-do lists, we can lose sight of our spot that orients our life: our faith. 

After our time in the pediatric cardiac ICU, we brought home a healthy baby. Others made funeral plans.

This is a troubling parable.

Injustice comes with so many alibis and aliases.
 

3 reasons the warfare metaphor is problematic

My hermeneutic of suspicion wasn’t enough. I needed a hermeneutic of the hip.

In God's kingdom, sometimes less is more.