Second Sunday in Lent (Year A, RCL)
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A deeper legacy than hard work
The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.
February 11, Transfiguration B (Mark 9:2–9)
What Peter, James, and John see on the mountain cannot be neatly packaged for resale.
Abram without Sarai (Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17)
What we know about Sarai is what she lacks. This week’s reading lacks her.
March 5, Lent 2A (John 3:1-17)
Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.
What God has in store next (Matthew 17:1-9)
It’s hard to let go of what we once had.
“I left my land, my land did not leave me,” by Qais Al-Sindy
art selection and comment by Lil Copan
How faith-based organizing helped end money bail in Illinois
The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.
by Charles Straight and Will Tanzman
Non Sequitur Sunday (Trinity B) (John 3:1-17)
Defining the Trinity is absurd.
May 30, Trinity B (Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17)
When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus
“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan
March 14, Lent 4B (John 3:14-21)
I have a complicated relationship with John 3:16.
A spot for Lent (Psalm 121; John 3:1-17)
As we spin through our to-do lists, we can lose sight of our spot that orients our life: our faith.
by Amy Ziettlow
A spot for Lent (Psalm 121; John 3:1-17)
As we spin through our to-do lists, we can lose sight of our spot that orients our life: our faith.
by Amy Ziettlow
March 8, Lent 2A (John 3:1–17)
Like Nicodemus, Kanye shows that the Spirit blows where it chooses.
by Amy Ziettlow
February 23, Transfiguration A (Matthew 17:1–9)
God’s presence transfigures here, now, in the familiar.