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It is easy to handle a parable speaking, disciple calling, village loving, synagogue attending Jesus, one committed to his family and who performed kind deeds for others. For most contemporary people living in the so-called (...)

Today’s Gospel begins not with the Baptist’s ringing call to repentance, but with a long and detailed list of rulers. Luke’s litany of imperial, regional, and religious authorities does more than date John’s ministry to (...)

In the well-loved Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott writes: “It’s funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the (...)

We have a gift in Psalm 19. Bach, Beethoven, Handel, and Haydn expressed their delight with this Psalm through now well-known musical settings of its text. Judaism recites the words of this Psalm at Shabbat (...)

On Ash Wednesday, people in churches, homes, and streets all over the world will receive ashes, beginning a forty-day period the Christian tradition calls Lent. Lent is really a journey that takes all of us (...)

When Pharisees warn Jesus to “get away from here” because Herod has it in for him — the same Herod who executed Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist (Luke 3:19-20; 9:9a), and who will play a (...)

“No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful … ” (1 Corinthians 10:13a) Language of “testing”: Paul and the modern reader The usefulness of the language of “testing” in (...)

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling? Not here. This time it’s loudly and pointedly.1 This passage divides into two parts, verses 1-5 and verses 6-9. I treat them in sequence, but we will see that (...)

Today marks the beginning of Holy Week, a time in the Christian calendar when we journey with Christ to the cross, remembering Christ’s suffering for our sake as well as our own dying with Christ (...)

In today’s Gospel text, we find a man who must enjoy living on the edge. Jesus is a mysterious figure throughout the gospels, but here in Luke we get a distinctive glimpse into the ministry (...)