Subversive Peace for this Christmas Season
It is to this group of social outcasts that God chooses to make an announcement of astonishingly good news—good news in which God declares a true peace that subverts the ways of the Empire.
Emmanuel Understands Limitations
While rulers in Palestine at the time of Jesus’s coming clutched their power, the King-over-all was laying his down. He ushered in a new order, an upside-down kingdom.
Hope in Hard Times: An Element of Our Prophetic Vocation
I continue to be challenged by the ongoing need for reconstruction, for the building of a society not based on the evils of systemic racism and environmental degradation; it’s big, overdue work. I feel helpless and lost, I am not sure how to help. It’s a lot, and I am discouraged and overwhelmed. Yet, I am singing.
How the War on Christmas Became the War on Easter
What I would say to the pastors going to jail right now for defying the quarantine is this: read Romans 13.
Trumping the National Day of Prayer
The National Day of Prayer is America-centric.
From the Manger to the Cross: Mourning the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents
The slaughter of innocent babies and toddlers is a theme we’d rather not think about — especially at Christmas time.
What Have We Been Waiting For?
For Simeon and Anna, their time of waiting was for a lifetime, and they knew clearly when that time of waiting had been fulfilled.
Embrace the Work of Christmas
Faith is work, after all.
What Keeps Us Safe?
Christmas reminds us that our safety rests not in ourselves but in each other.
Getting Through A Christmas of Grief
I wish I had had this book six years ago, when my mother was dying.