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Psalm 111 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm type in which the singer gives thanks for God’s goodness in delivering him/her from various life-threatening situations such as illness, oppression, or enemy (...)

National tragedies threaten to render communities speechless. The collective grief can be overwhelming. In response, people often gather to sing songs, pray, light candles, and mourn together. Poetry and songs, in the context of ritual, (...)

The Theological Context of Amos 8:4-7: Justice This week’s Old Testament lesson from the prophet Amos offers a chance for preachers to explore with congregations the concept of justice, in order to “thicken” the church’s (...)

Re-thinking, re-imagining, and even re-casting our ideas about who God is, apparently, nothing new. As Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) put it, “Christ didn’t come to Earth to give us the willies… He came to help (...)

As Dean Wormer said, “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life.”1 To put it another way (call it the Colossians way), “Estranged, hostile, and evil-deed-doing (21) is no way to go (...)

As one of my teachers in seminary once said to me, There’s no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions. Fairness in conversation: I absolutely had it coming. I was (...)

Freedom in Community (6:1-10) In the first part of chapter six, Paul continues describing what life in community looks like when we live in the freedom Christ gives and use that freedom to serve one (...)

The story of Elijah’s ascent into heaven by way of fiery horses and chariot on a heavenly whirlwind is a text with many boundary-crossings: the geographic crossing of the River Jordan, the passage of the (...)

Resisting the Yoke of Slavery Through his allegorical interpretation of the story of Hagar and Sarah in chapter four, Paul has argued that in Christ, God has made us children of the free woman and (...)

The Argument Leading Up to 2:15 Paul’s letter to the Galatians begins with a defense of his own apostolic authority, which has clearly been contested by the teachers who come behind him after he leaves (...)