Scripture
August 30, 22A (Matthew 16:21-28)
Following Jesus means the human things and the divine things will overlap.
Sue Monk Kidd imagines Jesus with a strong-willed wife
The Book of Longings offers a rare glimpse into the interior lives of women in the biblical world.
August 23, 21A (Exodus 1:8-2:10)
When the privileged and the helpless are called into holy conspiracy
Interpreting Jesus’ healings as a conflict with purity laws is dead wrong
Jesus’ conflict, Matthew Thiessen argues, was with the forces of death.
August 16, 20A (Genesis 45:1-15)
Is the Joseph story just an old unsophisticated morality trope?
August 9, 19A (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b)
Small graces can give us hope—even in the pit.
July 26, 17A (Romans 8:26–39)
There are some matters that a well-rehearsed and repeated Bible verse won’t fix.
Gorsuch’s textualism promoted justice for LGBTQ people—this time
Why we can’t rely on this or any other hermeneutical principle
July 19, 16A (Genesis 28:10–19a)
Sometimes we don’t see what’s right in front of us.
Walking with Moses from slavery to liberation
When Moses says “keep still,” he’s not recommending inactivity.
July 12, 15A (Romans 8:1–11)
What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?
July 5, Ordinary Time 14A (Genesis 24:34–38, 42–49, 58–67)
Doesn’t God have better things to do than arrange marriages?
What I’d like to say to President Trump about the Bible
I’d tell him a secret I learned from Eugene Peterson.
June 28, Ordinary Time 13A (Matthew 10:40–42)
What happens when we are the refugees, the strangers, and the dying?
June 21, Ordinary 12A (Matthew 10:24–39)
Jesus keeps saying, “Do not be afraid.” But there’s so much to be afraid of.
A neurodiverse God?
The parable of the widow and the unjust judge might give us a radical look at the face of God.
June 14, Ordinary 11 (Genesis 18:1–15, 21:1–7)
Sarah wasn’t the first member of her household to laugh at God.
June 7, Trinity Sunday (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8; Matthew 28:16–20)
When we read scripture backward
