Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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Abiding with Jesus—for Easter 5B
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2 min read
This week, we wrestle with an uncommon word: abide: and what it means for us. To abide with Jesus when we’d rather do our own thing.
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Being a hospitable host for growth
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1 min read
We are partners with God in bringing the dream into reality. Which means a lot of our work is about being a good host for the good work.
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Between Easter 4 and 5 (Year B)
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2 min read
The gap between the fourth and fifth Sundays of Easter highlights the nature of the love Jesus commands his followers to share.
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9 Ways We Read Revelation Wrong
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5 min read
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
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5 min read
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
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2 min read
Tradition uses the good shepherd as a comforting image of Jesus, but its power is in contrast—between Jesus and those who hate him.