• 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.

  • Expectations are fluid

    Expectations are fluid

    We treat expectations like they’re rigid and predictable. And they might seem to be. Until one set meets another.

  • Not Force, But Faith

    Not Force, But Faith

    While Jesus condemns the will to power, we can’t imagine a world without it. So maybe we should try harder.

  • There’s more than one reason to leave Twitter

    There’s more than one reason to leave Twitter

    We called it a hellsite. Our main source of news. Social media. Tech platform. It was always more than free speech.

  • Christ, a king? (Proper 29C)

    Christ, a king? (Proper 29C)

    In wrestling with the image of Jesus as king above all kings, we’ve got the chance to see both the good and bad of it.