25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, RCL)
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Praying the imprecatory psalms with Bonhoeffer
How did these psalms about enemies feel in 1940? How do they feel today?
My new understanding of mountaintop faith
Together, the Psalms and the Korean concept of han have changed my perspective on the emotional Christianity of my childhood.
Against killing children
We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.
The disciples and us (Mark 9:30-37)
Poor disciples. They rarely miss an opportunity to make a mess.
September 22, Ordinary 25B (Mark 9:30–37)
Rather than rebuke the disciples, Jesus takes a little child by the hand.
May 12, Easter 7B (Psalm 1; John 17:6–19)
In meditating on the words of scripture, I discover a Word who meditates on me.
Where are the children in liberation theologies?
Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.
Super tree powers (Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1)
Trees symbolize a holy channel that faithfully stewards the power of God into the world.
September 19, Ordinary 25B (Proverbs 31:10–31)
Does a good woman give and give and give without thought to her own well-being?
The mysticism of greatness (Mark 9:30-37)
Mystics experience the holy—an experience that enlarges their interest in their fellow humans.
September 23, Ordinary 25B (Mark 9:30-37)
Perhaps the disciples have been captivated by the kind of power embodied by Augustus and Herod.
The logic of God: Why metaphysical proofs still matter
Efforts to avoid the term proof are mistaken—both as a reading of Aquinas and as a broader claim about whether God exists.
Disciples aren't greater than
Our proclivity for greatness is rather embarrassing, isn’t it? No wonder the disciples keep their mouths shut when Jesus inquires about the topic of their conversation on the road. We want it, and we want it big time—recognition, sway, importance—but we also get that we shouldn’t admit this out loud.
Ordinary 25B (Mark 9:30-37)
This week’s Gospel may be the second Passion prediction, but being told that Jesus will be killed is no easier on the second hearing. Maybe the disciples don’t ask questions because they’re afraid it could be true.
The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant, by Michael J. Gorman
For there to be a heresy about the cross, there would have to be an orthodoxy about it. Michael Gorman argues that contentions over how Jesus saves lead to an inadequate grasp of what the Passion means and does.