Scripture
May 18, Ascension (Luke 24:44-53)
Luke places Jesus’ final blessing and departure in Bethany—the root of which means “house” or “home.”
May 14, Easter 6a (John 14:15-21)
We need more than a simple “I love you.” So does Jesus.
From observation to experience (John 14:1-14)
C. S. Lewis’s wisdom on looking along a beam of light, not at it
May 7, Easter 5a (John 14:1-14)
Jesus is the dam that holds us when the levee breaks.
Jesus is traumatized
Minister and veteran David Peters invites us to consider our own post-traumatic identities in a new light.
April 30, Easter 4A (Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; John 10:1-10)
The church in Acts 2 will follow Jesus, for they know his voice.
Reading the Bible with a transgender minister
Shannon Kearns knows and is known by scripture deeply; he knows scripture better because he is trans.
April 23, Easter 3A (Luke 24:13-35)
When the disciples encounter the risen Christ, they feel it in their bodies.
Jesus’ resurrected gut biome
In John’s Gospel we meet a body of flesh and blood. And microbes.
April 16, Easter 2A (John 20:19-31)
There is a blessing for those who have not come to believe and yet keep trying to see.
April 9, Easter Day (John 20:1-18)
In recent years, I’ve become somewhat of an Easter Grinch.
What should churches do about the treatment of “the Jews” in John?
“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”
April 7, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Evil uses people’s anxieties, fears, and prejudices to twist good intentions into cruel deeds.
April 6, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Would Peter resist having his feet washed by another disciple?
Jesus is the question
He might be the answer, too. But he doesn’t offer much in the way of tweetable platitudes.
March 26, Lent 5A, (John 11:1-45)
Martha hears Jesus’ promise, but she has a brother whose body is starting to decay.