It's the creation of a new heaven and a new earth that puts Revelation at the end of the Bible. We begin in creation and end in re-creation.
Hebrews 2 illustrates what it means that Jesus was fully human, and why it was important that he was.
If only we'd listened to Paul's admonitions about judgement in Romans 2! These verses not only lay out the ways we could have avoided millennia of antisemitism, but also how…
The story of Abigail and Nabal reminds us that the prophets and scribes of old often remembered the women, left off the lists of kings, who made the events of…
Romans 12 contains Paul's illustration of what he thinks it looks like to embody the grace we have received, leaving us with some of his most famous and memorable turns…
The dichotomy of insecurity and inspiration that came into Jersualem's royal household serves as a model for our reactions to disruption throughout our lives--including in the national parks.
As a people, we so often want to avoid the burden of making decisions. God is there to remind us that we're never alone when we do.
The book of 1 Samuel reminds us that power tends to corrupt. One antidote to the corruption of power is the vesting of it in all of God's people.
All actions come with unintended consequences. As we celebrate a patriotic holiday, we should remember how often victory carried with it the seeds of destruction, and pay attention to winning…
Throughout the Bible, we see women's stories subsumed into the stories of their sons and husbands. Taking them independently, we can glimpse pictures of the ways power is enforced upon…
The church described early in the Book of Acts exemplified caring for all. For them, it meant the sacrifice by those who had much to create equality among the whole…
What is the Holy Trinity, exactly, and why is it important to understand? One reason is that it informs our understanding of God as beyond the bounds of our easy…
Jesus may be gone, but the Holy Spirit continues to push us toward changing ourselves, our church, and our world.
In a world beset by unstable institutions and changing bedrocks and assumptions, we need a faith that teaches us how to adapt and change to meet the challenges of different…
Progressive Christian Theology means learning from the stories in the Bible that life is complicated and messy, and that the only thing in front of us is to understand the…
The story of Thomas's encounter with the risen Christ shows us not only what our own reactions to good news can often look like, but the hope that there is…
Christ is Risen! In a new body that reminds us resurrection is not restoration, but the beginning of something new.
Christ enters Jerusalem in community. He exists with God and the Holy Spirit in the community of the Trinity. And we exist in community with them and with one another.…
