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In this passage, Paul puts into place a series of contrasts that are easily remembered and well-known in biblical literature: night versus day, darkness versus light, honor and virtue versus debauchery and licentiousness. These pairs (...)

We commonly think of calling in terms of vocation. An overwhelming number of resources offer help for discovering your calling, from Oprah to Forbes to the Huffington Post to at least five TED talks, and (...)

In 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, we meet the Paul one either loves or hates. He gives lessons, stands on solid ground, and provides a clear moral compass. Flee “porneia”, he says. Flee debauchery, pornography, prostitution … (...)

The passages for the second Sunday of Lent all consider issues of human faith and God’s faithfulness. Genesis 12:1-4a and Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 focus on Abraham and his faithful response to God’s call to leave (...)

Genesis 12 is a chapter of new beginnings. Following the introductory chapters of Israel’s Urgeschichte in Genesis 1-11, we meet Abraham in Genesis 12 who will become in subsequent chapters the father of a large (...)

Liturgical scripture readings and preaching have been sacred practices for Christians from the ancient Church to the present. The reading for this second Sunday in Lent lends itself into the text of Romans 4, where (...)

School children are often asked to name their heroes. This type of task gives them a chance to think about the qualities that make a role model and how they might imitate someone they admire. (...)

Like Psalm 118, Psalm 116 is a psalm of thanksgiving that is part of the Egyptian Hallel (see essay on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Resurrection of Our Lord). Typical elements of a thanksgiving psalm are present (...)

What does it look like to be people of Pentecost, to be those claimed by the Spirit?1 In the cultural buffet that is offered under the sign of “spirituality,” this passage from 1 Corinthians makes (...)

What does it look like to be people of Pentecost, to be those claimed by the Spirit? In the cultural buffet that is offered under the sign of “spirituality,” this passage from 1 Corinthians makes (...)