…politics. A search for origins is also always a search for meaning. In a time of political crisis such as ours, when origin narratives are especially tempting, fresh reminders of…
…point to an altogether different interpretation, namely that our dealings with the world through language and our search for meaning do not originate from mastery, but from a lack, a…
Matthew 4:12-23 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in…
…darkness is a vast sea. God remains our leader and guide, but we cannot see a thing. Nor is divine aid a matter of enabling our sight, however dim. We…
…for the wind was against them. 25And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea. 26But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they…
…deck” moment—a long Lent season of fasting, a long Lent season of serving the Garden for a new way of life where the Garden, not humans, demands primacy. Psalm 32…
…appear on Fridays in the following weeks. Despair is in the air (the Cubbies’ World Series win not withstanding). This election season has been less like an inspiring exercise of…
Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so…
…but Advent, the Christian season of waiting, of anticipating the presence of God even in God’s apparent absence. I can understand Advent. The spirituality of scarcity. But I’m not writing…
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is…
…allies have been engaged in often heated debate and soul-searching over the practice of torture. Following important discussions on the issue at this year’s Society of Christian Ethics annual meeting,Political…
…So easy we can almost brush it off. Smile approvingly at the Sunday School teacher seated across the aisle from us in worship, and check one more thing off our…