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The Beautiful Reality of Repentance
October 19, 2016
Almost thirty years ago, I saw a movie that has stayed with me ever since. The Mission, directed in 1986…
Creatures Who Eat
April 15, 2015
Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24:35-48 “When the risen Christ eats with the disciples it is not just a way…
It Can’t Come Soon Enough
March 18, 2015
Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-12 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 In the undergraduate Christian Ethics course I teach…
Minding Our Own Business
September 3, 2014
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 33:7-17 Psalm 119 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 The students whose…
Outside the Inn-siders
December 5, 2012
Second Sunday of Advent Luke 3: 1-6 The word of God came to John out in the wilderness, so says…
The Far End of the Net
January 17, 2012
Third Sunday After Epiphany Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Jonah 3:1-5,10 Mark 1:14-20 Only one time in each three-year lectionary…
Who Bears the Weight of Empire?
December 4, 2009
Luke 3:1-6 In today’s gospel, Luke moves rapidly from Emperor Tiberius, in Rome, through a cascade of governors, tetrarchs…