discipleship
-
Between Easter 5 + 6 (Year A)
•
4 min read
The struggle we have, entering into this particular gospel, is to recognize just how much context can reshape our vision of it.
-
The Way is Right in Front of Us
•
2 min read
This week, we get a familiar example of the challenge of literalism. How we struggle to see the answer is in front of us.
-
Confrontation
•
7 min read
The image of the shepherd challenges the comfortable, moderate church to be responsible for our common safety.
-
Between Lent 3 & 4 (Year A)
•
6 min read
After the woman at the well, Jesus gets rebellious at home, drives a wedge between his followers, and takes on the leaders.
-
Harvest — and timely engagement
•
1 min read
The image Jesus often uses of “the harvest” is useful and, at times, disorienting. Here’s why it can really work.
-
Night time as the right time
•
2 min read
Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a story rich with possibility, value-judgment, and expectations. Reading it that way helps.