Today's text is graphic, painful, and destructive, concerning sexual violence against Tamar by her half-brother Amnon. When looking at this too-familiar act and responses to it from 2500 years ago,…
Sometimes, we want SO HARD to make people be other than what they are that we lose sense of who we are in the meantime.
We always have the choice between cruelty and compassion. This week, the 5th circuit chose cruelty. Jesus reminds us, always, that though we cannot control the outcome of our actions,…
In this week's reading, Jesus heals a body, tries to heal society, and heals a spiritual rift. Some readings of this text suggest that our bodily injury is caused by…
Why do we read scripture in worship? Sometimes, it's about the absurdity of thinking we have control over the world, and to be reminded that the hope that may seem…
