Love and the Law of Attraction
Yesterday, Christians around the world celebrated Easter (though not yet for the Eastern Orthodox). As I walked with intentionality through Holy Week last week (mostly attending SSJE’s liturgies online), I found myself thinking a lot about Jesus’ love. As I seek now...
Waiting at the Foot of the Cross
As I draft this post, on Friday morning of last week, a friend and fellow editor I knew back in Massachusetts is in the ICU, sedated and on a ventilator after a head-injury fall. I’m hearing occasional updates third hand from a mutual friend, who hears from the...
Living in Times Like Jesus’
Given all the chaos that’s been recently unleashed on the world by the US government, this seems a fitting moment to reflect on Jesus’ geopolitical situation. I’ve written before on the impact of Herod Antipas deciding to take over the fishing industry on the Sea of...
Living in Faith or Fear?
A few weeks ago, I stopped at San Xavier del Bac Mission church on my way home from a meeting. Like so many before me, I sat in the wooden pews, looked at the sacred art, and prayed. I found myself thinking about what motivated the artists who created the many...
Reflecting on the Wisdom of Walter Brueggemann
Hebrew Scripture scholar and radical Presbyterian theologian Walter Brueggemann died on June 5. He was an incredibly prolific writer who also, in the words of activist theologian Ched Myers, “dared to breach the gulf between seminary, sanctuary, and streets.” I grew...
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