• Revealing the way of death

    Revealing the way of death

    Luke makes it clear Jesus doesn’t “deserve” the crucifixion. Not only to maintain Jesus’s innocence but prove the moral corruption of execution.

  • This Thursday of Holy Week 2019

    This Thursday of Holy Week 2019

    Watching Notre Dame, the echoes of Holy Week reverberated. The warning of the temple’s destruction, of course. But also the call to listen.

  • This Wednesday of Holy Week 2019

    This Wednesday of Holy Week 2019

    The chief priests and scribes conspire to kill Jesus. Not because they don’t like him. But precisely because they feel justified in wanting to kill him.

  • This Tuesday of Holy Week 2019

    This Tuesday of Holy Week 2019

    When the authorities confront Jesus in the Temple, they find a popular teacher warning them not to choose the way of death.

  • This Monday of Holy Week 2019

    This Monday of Holy Week 2019

    After Jesus enters Jerusalem at the beginning of the week, he laments the Temple and its future.

  • Before they walk in

    Before they walk in

    In Luke 19, we get a disturbing image that casts Jesus in a whole new light.

  • Living into God’s Time

    Living into God’s Time

    One Book One Diocese Lenten Study The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is reading the same book together for Lent. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas. We’re gathering in local communities to discuss the book or reading independently. As part of my own discipline of reading the book and preparing for discussion,…

  • The Imperfect Path

    The Imperfect Path

    The challenge of faith is that we don’t get to say who are “real Christians”.