Sunday’s Coming

What is Jesus’ vocation among us in the time of No Kings?

Paul is very interested in the sense of scent.

God’s son wouldn’t be exposed to the heinous death on a cross; he would escape it by using a power given by God.

We can’t give up on the kingdom of God.

Again and again, Jesus sees people as they are.

Jesus’ baptism didn’t end with him.

Maybe we ask too much of ourselves—and too little of God—if we expect to produce light.

In Spanish-language Bibles, there’s no consensus as to how to translate Logos.

When the holy innocents text makes reference to Rachel, it seems worth remembering her story.

It was an ordinary, everyday name, one that dozens of other boys in Nazareth shared.

The Christmas story is scandalous because of its specificity.

“Make firm the feeble knees,” the prophet calls.

A magnificent tree is reduced to a stump. But it’s still alive.

Paul has some quite specific recommendations about our preparedness for the day of salvation.

Unlike many politicians, Jesus did what he said he would do.

Personal salvation isn’t about sin management. It’s about refusing to cede the soul to power and its interests.

People want to be champions. Psalm 98 offers something different.

Jesus is present in the circumstances in which we already find ourselves.

The angel unawares who interprets Daniel’s dream points him to a wider reality that holds him in its everlasting arms.

The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is not a simple tale of a villain and hero.