Next in our reading is the tower of Siloam. This example is much more cryptic. There are no surviving historical accounts of this event. Read more
Next in our reading is the tower of Siloam. This example is much more cryptic. There are no surviving historical accounts of this event. Read more
Our reading isn’t about personal, private repentance for individual misdeeds. Like the Hebrew prophets of old, it's about social repentance. Read more
In the face of so many who are being hurt right now, may we, too, find the same courage our reading this week models. Read more
All of this causes me to consider those courageously standing up against brutal acts being perpetrated in the name of efficiency today. Read more
Standing up to power and saying, "No," was central to the Hebrew, prophetic, justice tradition as Jesus does toward Herod in our reading. Read more
This year, the story of the temptations calls Christians who bear responsibility for the mess we find ourselves in to deep repentance. Read more
Written in the language of the fantastic, these were a conspicuously veiled critique of their political and economic system. Read more
The current political environment in the U.S. has given us a different lens to read Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness. Read more
Who are the Moseses and Elijahs of our day? Transfiguration challenges us to stand with the vulnerable and those being put on crosses today. Read more
These elements were so central to these early followers they became known as people of the “way;” the narrow way of distributive justice. Read more
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