Step Out To Look In
It’s the travel season. Lots of us take advantage of the summertime to visit family and folks elsewhere, host friends or become amateur tour guides for friends visiting…
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Unbinding the Children and the Rest of Us, Too
We return to the lectionary this Sunday with a reading of one of the most terrifying and triggering stories in the Bible — the Akedah, the binding of Isaac.
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Whose Pride Goeth Before the Fall?
Yet isn’t pride one of the Christian tradition’s seven deadly sins? There’s also the biblical proverb that has entered popular discourse (incorrectly)…
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Freedom, Revived
In this text, Habakkuk, the prophet, is angry at God. Why hasn’t your justice arrived, Habakkuk complains?Â
Tent Pitching
Have you ever had to pitch a tent? As many of you may know, I struggle with “fun” or “leisurely” outdoor activities. It’s mostly my suburban upbringing…
Ready, Steady, Go?
This Sunday, we get to officially welcome Rev. Dr. J. Terry Todd to our pastoral team. He’s not at all new to us.Â
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Change
So, as you’re all probably tired of hearing by now, Amanda and I graduated from Union Theological Seminary last weekend.
Ready To Take Off
On Ascension Day, the risen Christ takes off, leaving the Apostles to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives.
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Cite Your Sources
It is hard not to get stuck in hopelessness. It is hard not to feel stalled by overwhelm. The enormity of injustice and the numbers of needs…
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Whose Coats Are We Holding?
I’ve always been intrigued by this throwaway line in the story of the stoning of Stephen. Saul (who would later become Paul) didn’t throw a stone.Â
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