Scripture
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
Climate change and the failure of incarnational nerve
Do we really want God to live with us in a poisoned and degraded world?
How new is the new Christian Zionism?
There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.
Saul, David, and the morality of power
How shrewdly the drama of mixed motives, mixed loyalties, and mixed feelings unfolds.
A feast of scriptural language
Sarah Ruden writes some of the most sumptuous words about Bible words I’ve ever read.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
A Jesus who embodies his own characters
Two refreshing new books place the storyteller within the story he tells.
Medicine for madness
I relate to physical sickness more easily than mental illness. So does our culture.
October 2, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I'm more than a bit smitten with the image of rekindling the gift of God within us.