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I moved back to my home territory in 2015 after being away for forty years. Around the same time, I started writing a regular column for my hometown newspaper in which I address religion, politics, (...)

According to tradition, Jeremiah is “the weeping prophet.” It is an apt nickname for this figure whose preaching is always filled with emotion. In an oracle that appears two chapters before this passage, the prophet, (...)

These verses stand near the beginning of part II of Israel’s time of wandering in the wilderness, having just departed from Mt. Sinai (10:11-36:13; see Exodus 15:22-18:27 for part I).1 The entire book of Numbers (...)

Notes for a five-week preaching series on Job.1 These are suggested passages from the book of Job to be used for a sermon series. I’ve sketched a few ideas for each week, but you may (...)

Integrating life and liturgy has been a practice for Christian churches. There are few that aim to do it, and even fewer are able to achieve it. A divide separates those who think of the (...)

Advent is a season for feeling out of kilter. It is a period of waiting in the darkness. It is a season in which we are caught between joyful expectation and the harsh realities of (...)

Why We Sing Carols, Psalms and Spiritual Songs Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously;     let this be known in all the earth.  Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion,     (...)

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah are as distinct from the earlier books of Samuel and Kings as the times they narrate are different from the ages that preceded them.1 Part annals, part lists, part (...)

Even though Jesus arrived at a wedding with a funereal face, he immediately caught the festive mood! Jesus — following the steps of his cousin John the Baptizer, who de-centralized the temple to the Jordan (...)

Hebrews has the most intricate Christology in the New Testament. It presents a high Christology in which Christ is the agent of creation and the exalted Son of God and High Priest installed at God’s (...)