Those head bindings rolled and laid aside in a separate place, the way the sympathetic gardener gently calls her by her name,..
Eliza C. Jaremko looks at Mary the Mother of God and Mary the sister of Martha in the resurrection narrative.
It seems that John has a problem with names here: “The one whom Jesus loved” is never named, but is simply called,..
I recently read Abby Norman’s You Can Talk to God That Way. It is a book on embracing lament as a spiritual..
Even during our “Judas moments,” there is goodness and mercy.
Katy Shevel contemplates Christ's descent into hell on Holy Saturday through the lens of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."
One year ago, I was in a hospital room with my wife and my new daughter. She had been out of the..
John 13's foot-washing scene leads Aaron Neff to remember people who have hurt and betrayed him. “Love them anyway,” Jesus says.
This morning as I rose late with no reason not I found myself discovering the beauty of making the bed. Every motion..
Chris Hoke calls readers to recover the original vision of Easter in an age of mass incarceration.
Holy Week is going to look much different this year. In many ways, it will be a more joyful celebration. My congregation..
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Shirley C. Guthrie’s quote, “There is no place – not even hell itself – where God is not present and at work with loving justice and just love.”
As I confessed to my congregation a few weeks ago, I have been engrossed by news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine...
Inside, Outside, Upside Down is the title of a children’s book written by Stan and Jan Berenstein to teach young children about..
During the first few weeks of middle school, I learned to brace for a punch in the arm every morning. “Being bullied”..
One of my spiritual practices is community organizing. I never imagined I would find God in organizing work, or that I would..
I snapped a photo of this tree Dividing my front yard from my neighbors That day was a winter in spring’s clothing..
I believe the lesson of Palm Sunday is about our tendency to confuse God’s call for humility with a call to grasp for power, writes Aaron Neff.
In 1972, I was 12 years old on a bus headed to Wooddale Junior High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The year before,..
The screams of hate against refugees, undocumented peoples, and children fuel a fire within me, I embrace the fire and release the..
Scripture tells us “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” And while I think there is truth in..
In preaching, raising your floor is more important than your ceiling. A congregation isn't going to be shaped and formed by the..
There is glory in acting to bring about the kingdom of God; Jesus demonstrates this for the first part of his life. But as the cross demonstrates, there is glory to be found in being handed over too. — Rose Schrott Taylor
Several years ago, at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, I attended a Styberg Library lecture by Stephen Ray Jr. that..
There comes a point, halfway between the ashes and the lilies, when you stop and ask yourself “Just how did I get..
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