Hebrews 2 illustrates what it means that Jesus was fully human, and why it was important that he was.
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…
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.…
Jonah is filled with righteous anger than Ninevah has not been destroyed. It's a reminder that our hate and anger and clouded sense of justice does not match God's.
This week, the United States military moved out of the way of Turkish militias invading Syria. This move left many of us feeling confused, as it didn't seem to fit…
The conflict between the triumph of the palms and the suffering and death of Jesus during Holy Week looms over our worship on the last day of Lent. What are…
Paul can be challenging sometimes. So challenging that the Jesus movement was a little dubious about his joining them in the first place. One of the biggest parts of living…
All of Christianity goes through the cross. The cross is not the end of the story. The suffering of Christ is not the whole of Christ's story. But Christ's story…
In John's account of Jesus's healing of the man born blind, we see the message of the transfiguration: yes, God does great works. Let us go down among the people,…
Worship outdoors under the shelter. It's a beautiful day. So we're talking about...Job? Never fear! There's hope in how we tell the story.
We sometimes get used to thinking of suffering as something deserved by others to protect ourselves. Jesus tells us to celebrate when we can end suffering and reach out to…
We sometimes see Pharisees as needlessly attached to rules. But if we look around us at the debates in modern Christianity, we face the same challenges the Pharisees and Jesus…
We are always the stars of our own stories. What happens when someone tells us the world isn't that simple? That's the challenge the Civil Rights Movement presented to white…
Ebenezer Scrooge transforms when he takes his general philosophies and principles and sees how they affect real people. We can do the same.
In the midst of pain and suffering, we sometimes get the great joy of announcing liberation. Liberation for those who have no security. Liberty to those who live under the…
In the transfiguration, our view of Jesus, and of God, must change. What are those moments in your life that change how to see the other people in your lives?
