• Are we too obsessive? Yes. Yes we are.

    Are we too obsessive? Yes. Yes we are.

    We’re conflicted by the thought that God is responsible and also so are we, making it about our own obsessions with getting it right.

  • Abiding with Jesus—for Easter 5B

    Abiding with Jesus—for Easter 5B

    This week, we wrestle with an uncommon word: abide: and what it means for us. To abide with Jesus when we’d rather do our own thing.

  • Being a hospitable host for growth

    Being a hospitable host for growth

    We are partners with God in bringing the dream into reality. Which means a lot of our work is about being a good host for the good work.

  • Between Easter 4 and 5 (Year B)

    Between Easter 4 and 5 (Year B)

    The gap between the fourth and fifth Sundays of Easter highlights the nature of the love Jesus commands his followers to share.

  • More than a Good Shepherd

    More than a Good Shepherd

    The image of the Good Shepherd offers a comforting vision of Jesus for us. But he is offering us a better vision for the world.

  • 9 Ways We Read Revelation Wrong

    9 Ways We Read Revelation Wrong

    Revelation offers a profound critique of empire—and of a church that embraces the way of empire. We must learn to read it today.

  • Revelation

    Revelation

    Episode 74 of the Make Saints podcast

  • Contrasting shepherds and hired hands

    Contrasting shepherds and hired hands

    In calling himself the Good Shepherd, Jesus sets up a way for his followers to contrast him with those who don’t have to care about them.