The Lie the Serpent Told

A preview of Sunday's readings on a table set for all peoples, a hard parable, and the God we sometimes wish were less merciful to everyone else.

The life of faith does not answer all the questions — it changes you in the asking of them. It does not resolve the tension between what we know and what we don't.

Some of what you carry was never yours to carry — and none of it has to be the last word. A reflection on Ezekiel 18

Prayer is the practice of remaining in relationship with a God who is not obligated to give us what we ask but who has promised not to abandon us in the asking

Have you ever been angry at mercy that wasn't yours to give? This Sunday: Jonah, a vineyard, and one open question.

"Psalm 103 says God removes our sins 'as far as east is from west.' A short reflection on what that distance really means, ahead of Sunday's sermon."

Of the three persons of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the one most people are least sure about. It gets described an energy, a feeling, a dove, a flame, a wind...

The case for church is not that it's the best available provider of spiritual goods. The case is that it's trying to do something different that can't be done alone.

Before 'woke' became a political weapon, it meant something biblical: stay awake to what you'd rather not see. A reflection on reclaiming it.