Scripture
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
November 10, Ordinary 32C (Luke 20:27–38)
Resurrection is where God is—across generations, across circumstances.
November 1, All Saints Day (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus mourns a human existence unconcerned with the needs of the whole.
Candida Moss asks what bodily resurrection means
How early Christians thought about bodies and how we do
October 27, Ordinary 30C (Luke 18:9-14)
Jesus' characters aren't nuanced; they're all elbows and ankles.
October 20, Ordinary 29C (Luke 18:1-8)
Injustice comes with so many alibis and aliases.
Money in our hearts (Luke 16:1-13; Amos 8:4-7)
Jesus has a zeal against the human willingness to turn wealth into an idol.
October 13, Ordinary 28C (Luke 17:11–19)
Maybe the lepers know that Jesus likes being in the borderland.
October 6, Ordinary 27C (Luke 17:5-10)
Have you noticed God’s preference for small things?
Did Jesus really say that? (Luke 14:25-33)
Surely he didn't mean I have to give up my books.
September 29, Ordinary 26C (Luke 16:19–31; Amos 6:1a, 4–7)
Conversion narratives raise a question: Why does it take so much to get there?
Aiming high and falling low (Proverbs 25:6-7; Luke 14:1, 7-14)
Proverbs warns us against the culture of self-aggrandizement.