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The Christians — On faith, love, and mixed identities
This week’s gospel wrestles with authority and identity in faith and politics, and thankfully, in Jesus, we have both teacher and messiah.
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A Misplaced Monarchy
As we celebrate the final Sunday of the church year, we engage with matters of kingship, authority, and why we get it all mixed up.
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From the bottom up, again
The challenge of Christ the King Sunday is that we need to deconstruct the nature of kings and kingdoms and then tell it again.
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A life of service and grace—for Proper 29B
As Jesus’s conversation with Pontius Pilate unfolds, we see his bewilderment at what is going on, because kings must have power.
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Kings—a perpetual disappointment
The Bible expresses God’s constant opposition to kings and humanity’s constant desire for them anyway, regardless of the consequences.
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Protest is supposed to be uncomfortable
Campus protests around the plight of Palestinians are growing and the public is struggling with how to feel about the idea of protesting.
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To be at least something like God
Our gospel this week returns to ideas of love and authority. Two concepts that seem, at first, to have nothing to do with each other. And yet…
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Love is Living Art
In his exploration of authority, Jesus confronts those confronting him, and reveals a way of being in the world that can save us all.