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Advent is a delightfully mixed message.1 It is a season of judgment: John the Baptist announces fire and then Jesus brings it. And yet it is also a season of joy. Psalm 122 is then (...)

The idea of Christ as King may have been subversive in a context when/where to call someone king other than the Roman Emperor was against the law, but today it sounds like reiterating imperial logic, (...)

Descripción de la escena Lucas 16:1-13 presenta una parábola que Jesús dirige a sus discípulos. Jesús toma la ocasión para enseñarles sobre el discipulado y las riquezas. Esta parábola se refiere a un mayordomo o (...)

We read today’s psalm lection in light of two expectations: Next week “Christ the King” Sunday celebrates his eternal, messianic reign; in two weeks, the first Sunday of Advent marks a new liturgical year with (...)

This is the tenth psalm lection on which I’ve commented for this website that contains only part of the canonical psalm in question. There will always be people in the pews wondering why we’re leaving (...)

As someone who has been an activist and organizer for many years and has sought to ground this work prayerfully as a follower of Jesus, I absolutely love this parable. It speaks to the divinely (...)

“Increase our faith!” plead the disciples. Only in retreating to the first five verses of chapter 17 can we better understand the context that leads them to make this petition. In these first few verses (...)

The news lately here in the United States (apologies to our many international readers) has been full of momentous events, seemingly every week: the horrific mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas; the (...)

Hebrews 13:1–8, 14–15 offers wisdom for churches as they continue to emerge from pandemic lockdowns and for pastors who navigate the shifting landscape of the church in the American context. It would be inadequate to (...)

The Gospel of Luke opens with dramatic appearances of the archangel Gabriel, who announces to Zechariah the prophetic ministry of his future son John (1:13–17) and tells Mary that her child, the Son of the (...)