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How to kill a prophet — a king’s guide to assassination
As Jesus is warned of his coming execution, he reminds us who is responsible for the executing and why the problem is really on them.
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To the glory of God
Exploring the temptation of power and the desire for control, we can see the ways we break community and our common purpose.
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Of remembering death and life
On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust, that we are of the earth and will return to it, in a communal activity of living.
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What we tend to do when life gets complicated
It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.
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Why Jesus tells us to love our enemies
In commanding his disciples to love everybody, Jesus is pushing us to reject the thinking we think is natural, obvious, required of us.
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Blessed by default
The damning truth of it is that so many Christians reject Jesus’s approach to blessing. It’s not a competition, but a co-op.
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The true freedom of love
The modern understanding of evangelism is off. It is selfish and embraces our individualism while Jesus invites us into common love.
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Every opportunity to love
The Presentation of Our Lord at the temple offers us another opportunity to witness others’ response to faith, to embody it with hope.