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9 Ways We Read Revelation Wrong
Revelation offers a profound critique of empire—and of a church that embraces the way of empire. We must learn to read it today.
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Contrasting shepherds and hired hands
In calling himself the Good Shepherd, Jesus sets up a way for his followers to contrast him with those who don’t have to care about them.
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On the good shepherd—for Easter 4B
Tradition uses the good shepherd as a comforting image of Jesus, but its power is in contrast—between Jesus and those who hate him.
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Between Easter 3 and 4 (Year B)
Jesus’s teaching on the Good Shepherd comes in the midst of Easter resurrection stories — and the people who are afraid of him.
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Continually in the temple blessing God
In the resurrection stories of Jesus appearing to his disciples, we confront our need for the physical and the spiritual resurrection.
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Going beyond belief—for Easter 3B
The challenge of this resurrection appearance is that we get caught up in the material and not in the experience of our own belief.
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Remember he already told us this would happen
Throughout the Easter stories, Jesus reminds the disciples that he predicted his own death—and he connect it to our faith today.
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Between Easter 2 and 3 (Year B)
Before Jesus appears to the disciples in Emmaus, he shows up to a pair of them on the road. This shapes the character of Easter for us.