• People vote for People

    People vote for People

    It seems obvious. There are names on the ballot. We tap the screen or punch the card to elect a specific person to office.

  • Talking About Devastation (Proper 28C)

    Talking About Devastation (Proper 28C)

    In Temple destruction and community division, Jesus paints a frightening picture with the reminder to not fear it.

  • Beyond a Temple

    Beyond a Temple

    We hear Jesus talk about division and the destruction of the Temple with a sense of fear while he offers hope.

  • Testify—having the words to say

    Testify—having the words to say

    In the midst of talking about persecution, Jesus offers a kind of better-said-than-done bit of optimism.

  • The people who don’t want verification

    The people who don’t want verification

    With a change to the verification process on Twitter, many see this as another opportunity to engineer chaos.

  • Saintly Messy

    Saintly Messy

    Celebrating All Saints’ Day in church is a beautiful chaos; a messy day of searching, hoping, that we too are good.

  • Between: From one tax collector to another

    Between: From one tax collector to another

    The lectionary goes from a parable about a tax collector to a real-life one. What’s between these stories fleshes it out.

  • All the Saints (All Saints’ Day)

    All the Saints (All Saints’ Day)

    In celebrating the feast of All Saints’ Day, we are given a most challenging opportunity: to see ourselves differently.