• Stones? — yes, humans are replaceable

    Stones? — yes, humans are replaceable

    When John the Baptist says that God could replace the children of Abraham, we are left with a humbling truth.

  • Clearly work needs to change

    Clearly work needs to change

    The Pandemic has helped us change the way we work. And there’s no “back” to go to. We ought to make work work.

  • Literal Urgency

    Literal Urgency

    Jesus’s apocalyptic vision seems confusing. Until we focus on what he’s trying to say rather than what we hear.

  • Black Friday is dying and I’m glad

    Black Friday is dying and I’m glad

    Black Friday, the concept that the Friday after Thanksgiving is meant for buying things, is terrible for us.

  • Preparing for the Advent (Advent 1A)

    Preparing for the Advent (Advent 1A)

    Getting started with Advent 1A with familiar themes for the season. The most obvious of them is preparation.

  • Advent—here now and coming soon

    Advent—here now and coming soon

    The season of Advent combines the sense of anticipating heaven in the now and at a moment some time in the future.

  • Thanks

    Thanks

    Episode 44 of the Make Saints podcast

  • A Better World

    A Better World

    When Jesus describes this apocalyptic vision, the terror is what we focus on. But Jesus wants us to see the hope.