Scripture
November 23, Reign of Christ/Christ the King (Jeremiah 23:1-6)
The prophet Jeremiah knew about hard times.
Born a feminist
Phyllis Trible mesmerized scholars and preachers alike with her fearless biblical exegesis.
Strategic spiritual resistance (Luke 21:5-19)
Personal salvation isn’t about sin management. It’s about refusing to cede the soul to power and its interests.
November 16, Ordinary 33C (Isaiah 65:17-25)
In Isaiah, every promise of newness is an indictment of present brokenness.
Whose victory? (Psalm 98)
People want to be champions. Psalm 98 offers something different.
November 9, Ordinary 32C (Luke 20:27-38)
God’s parentage operates by entirely different logic than human patriarchy.
Calling Zacchaeus to be Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
Jesus is present in the circumstances in which we already find ourselves.
The dreamland where the wild things are (Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18)
The angel unawares who interprets Daniel’s dream points him to a wider reality that holds him in its everlasting arms.
November 2, Ordinary 31C (Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4)
We are one body, even as the world comes apart.
November 1, All Saints (Luke 6:20-31)
My friend Mollie didn’t need to be a minister. She was already a fisher of people.
On thinking we’re better than people who think they’re better (Luke 18:9-14)
The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is not a simple tale of a villain and hero.
What type of knowledge does the psalmist have?
Cultural anthropologist Johannes Fabian’s work has helped me better understand scripture—and my own faith.
The inverse wisdom of a second-century martyr
“Perpetua was a grandstander,” says Sarah Ruden. “She saw martyrdom—and that means testimony—as a personal glorification.”
October 26, Ordinary 30C (Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65)
The day of the Lord is terrifying.
Nurturing words (2 Timothy 3:14-4:5)
There’s a sense of parental love in the text of 2 Timothy.
October 19, Ordinary 29C (Luke 18:1-8)
Will God’s justice come quickly to the unhoused people who sleep in the park?