…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…
1 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; 2 but their delight is…
…of queer presence, that is, moments of same-sex friendship and love now upheld as models of queerness. We search for reasons to believe that queer people have always been there…
…already been obtained even before the search began, indeed it prompted the search: the ‘missing piece’ is itself a piece. An example for how this works out is seen in…
1 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; 2 but their delight is…
…When the seventh seal cracks, Revelation spirals on through burning trees and poisoned seas lamented by a mourning eagle. The vision pauses with the sun-clothed woman suffering severe birth pains,…
…not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind…
…that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. 28 For ‘In him we live…
…Twenty years ago, my neighborhood in Pittsburgh was left for dead by developers and city planners. Trapped in stories of decline prevalent in rust-belt cities. But a collaboration between city…