…unique and definitive expression of God’s economy, of how God redeems the world, and if he were not bodily raised from the dead, then pacifism makes no sense for me….
…the 1960s we were confidently told that religion would probably be dead on its feet within a couple of generations. In spite of such predictions and the ongoing reductionist secularism…
What do crip time and sacred time have in common? And what can they reveal to one another? In 1910, two girls we will call by the pseudonyms Ethel and…
…who goes in search of day laborers for his vineyard. The landowner, like any good entrepreneur, gets an early start. He likely hopes to secure the best of the bunch…
…and through the desert, is symbolic of the many persons who migrate through harsh deserts and other lands in search of a place of safety and wellbeing. Such pursuits do…
…address the issues of the rising cost of living by investing in ploughshares and pruning hooks of agriculture so that food is available to all. Advent is a season of…
…were physically escaping slavery in Egypt and crossing the barrier of the Red Sea, Pharaoh, not wanting to let go of free labor, pursued them. The Bible records for readers…
…sleep. The Advent season is one of such expectant waiting, waiting for the great Sign of the world’s deliverance that Christmas brings. Yet for most the greatly anticipated appearance of…
…done. Organizations not only look outwards in their restless search for success. They also look inwards, scrutinizing for efficiency and productivity. Management comes to the fore here; but it is…
…worship of their common Creator. At the gesture of the psalmist, the great bass voices of the sea—‘sea monsters and all deeps’—enter the song, then the soaring altos of the…
…in preparation for what became six essays on the theme, “Considering Climate Change in the Lenten Season.” That week, Ash Wednesday was observed and Lent began. We chose our topic…
…and believe in the good news.’ 16As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen….