Paul and Silas went to help a woman and free her from (some) exploitation. Then they got thrown in the stocks. What happens when we challenge systems that exploit people?
The peace of Christ is not passive. It is not the absence of active conflict. It is the reconciliation of conflicts within ourselves, with each other, and with God, with…
Asking questions is scary. Talking to people about something hurtful we felt because of their actions is scary. It's often easier to write them off as terrible or listen to…
Living as the church, being the church, is the way to reconcile ourselves to one another without hypocrisy.
Paul's meditations on love remind us that love is not always comfortable. Image: Socrates bekijkt zichzelf in een spiegel, Bernard Vaillant, Jusepe de Ribera, 1672, via the Rijksmuseum.
Why is it that the disciples were only ready to go out and spread the word after Jesus was unable to perform acts of power in his hometown? Does his…
Why must we worship God, love God with all our hearts? God puts us in the midst of the greatest story ever told, the story of creation. When we forget…
Jesus gives us incredible power to choose the life we will live forever. We have the power to define our community. But with that comes the responsibility to forgive extravagantly…
After Joseph's Pharaoh dies, the Hebrews are left vulnerable to the growing paranoia of the new Pharaoh. The inability to recognize the realties and listen to dissent leads Pharaoh to…
