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The Transfiguration Again
The Transfiguration is a story about following, trusting, and becoming – in light of our confusion and fear.
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The Righteous Among the Nations
Remembering those who stood against evil and saved thousands of lives in the Holocaust is essential to saving lives today. “The Righteous Gentiles”John 19:10-15 I recently took a short course on the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer is most known for his challenging view of Christian discipleship and for his participation in the plot to…
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Revealed to Us
Apocalyptic scripture gives us a window into an alternate vision of reality – not in destruction, but in revealing ours as the wrong path. apocalypse and the language of changeMatthew 24:1-14 What do we do with this? Jesus gets apocalyptic in this reading. In ancient Hebrew communities, the apocalyptic was a literary form—it’s like reading…
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The Presence of Good
The gospel is always social. It is the tangible intersection of faith and action: of belief and the active living into a life of wholeness and hope.
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Doing Right or Being Right
It is strange how Christians celebrate martyrs. Not like lions of the faith, but as sheep slaughtered. There’s something behind that.
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For laborers deserve their food
The slogans of our world can help us better understand the mandates of our faith. That we are called to better the circumstances of our neighbors. to understand Jesus we have to trySaint Barnabas | Matthew 10:7-16 We don’t know a lot about Barnabas, of course. His place in tradition is dwarfed by Paul. And…
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Shalom – No Justice No Peace
Hi Friends, There’s a word we should get really comfortable with. Shalom. Shalom is Hebrew for peace. It’s also Hebrew for justice. And reconciliation. And hope. And Health. Wellness. Safety. Because the idea of peace cannot exist without safety and wellness and health and hope and reconciliation and justice. I cannot have peace if I…
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What if we can never commune again?
Stay-at-home orders have left many Christians without regular communion. But what if we can no longer share communion safely?