• The student’s dilemma—for Proper 6B

    The student’s dilemma—for Proper 6B

    Jesus offers two teachings this week, beginning each with a familiar phrase “the kingdom is like” inviting his followers to look from different views.

  • Dreams are too important for your skepticism

    Dreams are too important for your skepticism

    We treat dreams as optional rather than vital and skepticism like something virtuous and real. This arrangement reinforces failure.

  • Between Proper 5 + 6 (Year B)

    Between Proper 5 + 6 (Year B)

    Before we find ourselves in the comfortable place of receiving parables on a Sunday morning, we have to see the context.

  • Our responsibility to the whole  human family

    Our responsibility to the whole human family

    Jesus pushes us on the theological convictions we take for granted—and invites us to develop a greater trust in our common work together.

  • Is it worth seeing in the theater?

    Is it worth seeing in the theater?

    As a movie person, I love going to movie theaters. So why don’t we go anymore? Perhaps we should stop pretending it is about the movies.

  • Active Adaptation

    Active Adaptation

    Episode 81 of the Make Saints podcast

  • This family comes first

    This family comes first

    We struggle with talking about family because we have conflicting ideas about the idea, and more importantly, how we embody it.

  • A Bigger Family—for Proper 5B

    A Bigger Family—for Proper 5B

    We focus this week on the way Jesus redefines family. And why this whole story gives us trouble in a world devoted to the nuclear family unit.