Scripture provides helpful insights about power and authority.
Scripture
Posted inFaith, The Word
What makes a good leader? Wisdom from Jeremiah, Paul and Jesus
The readings reveal the importance of openness to hearing the truth and of thinking critically about who is given power.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
A Gospel reading for those who feel rejected by a broken world
“Wheat and Weeds” is the parable Christ gave us to bite down on when we feel that we do not belong. Christ and his compassion have not abandoned us.
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What makes us ready to receive the word of God?
We listen to the sacred Scriptures week after week, year after year. Why does it take a diagnosis, a divorce, a death, a setback or a struggle for us to hear them?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Why protesting injustice is a fundamentally Christian act
Our fidelity to Christ and his body the church should have less to do with becoming an aggrieved church of fire damage than becoming a compassionate church of kinship with the broken.
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Nations liberate by force. But Christ does not compel.
Though liberation is often won through violence, love can never conquer through compulsion. Love must always be meek.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The theology of sin
Two recently published books from Oxford University Press address the variegated and multifaced character of sin in the New Testament.
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How the parable of the weeds compels us to fight for justice
Telling people suffering victimization to wait for a future reckoning only does further harm and fails to promote God’s kingdom.
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Can scripture help us determine who to vote for?
We can pray that our leaders seek wisdom and understanding, but we must also exercise our right to vote for those who have demonstrated these qualities.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What can we learn from the ‘little ones’ in our life?
Jesus did not speak of great prophets, who would follow him. No, he told us to expect humble souls, “little ones,” people we might not even notice if we do not keep our eyes open and our hearts receptive.