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Wealth is always relational
When talking about God’s blessing, we are necessarily confronted with the idea that we always seem to start talking about possessions.
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Blessing — it’s complicated, actually
How many of us conceive of blessing is predicated on an ancient prejudice. That we are good and deserving and others aren’t.
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Our Secret Super Power
We are participating in the reimagining of sainthood and of our place in the world. And yet, the reason behind it remains the same.
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Blessed—and our eternal struggle with worth
The concept of blessing, as we’ve inherited it, has conflicting understandings. In changing our own focus, we change our approach.
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Between — The Big Crowds and the Big Sermon
We have a way of mistaking the fame of Jesus in the gospels for something mundane. Rather than what it is: a reflection of the mission.
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Why So Many Christians Support Black Lives Matter
You’ve seen the memes on facebook or watched the exchanges on television about the Black Lives Matter movement. You know its origin on Twitter and you know that a response sprang up just as quickly: #alllivesmatter. You know that somehow, a witness to the brutality of black bodies turned into yet another culture war moment…
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The Blessed Community
Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, and all of the saints a Homily for the Feast of All Saints | Text: Matthew 5:1-12 For us, this principal feast we call All Saints is not so much about honoring the dead, but honoring the community: the whole community: past and present and future. For honoring only our…
