20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, RCL)

Luke usually tones down the apocalyptic intensity we encounter in Matthew and Mark. Not here.

When we’re obsessed with the forecast, we may miss what’s happening in the present. 

Where there is a rending, there is a healing not far behind.

To plant anything—even hope—is a risk.

My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.

What questions arise if we take Jesus' warning literally?

We preach the gospel of peace and justice. Are there divides between our words and actions?

"What has straw in common with wheat?" A lot, on the surface.

Fire is a dangerous image for Jesus to use, even if he doesn’t mean it literally. What kind of God would bring fire to the earth?

Jesus' parable of the so-called "wicked tenant farmers" is a textbook illustration—a parody, even—of the economic and political dynamics of empire.

One of my favorite things to teach in a seminary setting is Christology, particularly the early church’s development of what would become “orthodox” understandings of both the person and work of Jesus.

When my senior colleague proposed a ten-week sermon series on the saints, I was hesitant. Would anyone find this interesting?

The LDS canon's four books carry equal weight of authority. All are read as historical witnesses to God's promise of salvation.