I do not dance with ease on any day. I stumble even more on Palm Sunday. My uncooperative sense of rhythm is only part of the problem. I process with awkward reluctance because my heart and mind are reluctant to grapple yet again with the seven days Christians have marked as Holy Week. Read more
A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit . Read more
I was raised in a world of black and white, right and wrong, good and bad, us versus them. Read more
A young woman stepped into the richly-decorated interior of the Christian Patriarchy Shop. Read more
When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. At three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Read more
Somehow this is still a thing. Christian leaders and politicians routinely make fearmongering overtures about “the antichrist,” “the beast,” the cosmic boogeyman who will bring about the End Times™ and coincidentally happens to be their ideological opponent. Read more
We rushed into the restaurant, cold wind blowing behind us as we pushed through the glass doors. This would be our third attempt. We’d stopped at two other restaurants: one where the smiling hostess predicted an hour wait, the other with such a packed lobby we didn’t bother asking. I wrestled with my impatience. Read more
"After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), 'I am thirsty.'" Read more
May I please share something intimate and important, something most people do not guess about my medical history? Read more
It’s been interesting to observe how many of my more conservative evangelical sisters and brothers have approached the question of whom to support in recent elections. Read more
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