What does Holy Week do with Christians? Christians through the centuries have preached and penned countless theses about these seven days’ happenings between Palm Sunday and Easter. Understandably so. This week brims…
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Christian Responsibility to Those Oppressed in History
In this fourth week of Black History Month in the U.S., I want to share a word from African American theologian Shawn Copeland. I find her message for Christians particularly powerful right…
A Year for Self-Solidarity
We have entered 2022. The season for New Year’s resolution-making in the U.S. has dawned with the spread of another COVID-19 variant, omicron. After two years of navigating an unbelievable pandemic with…
day 12 / embodying an anti-ableist Advent
day 12 / embodying an anti-ableist Advent Thursday, December 9, 2021BCP Readings: Psalm 37:1-42 | Amos 9:1-10 | Revelation 2:8-17 | Matthew 23:13-26 Advent heralds hoped-for transformation. But what “after” photo are…
day 9 / bodies that need to grieve
day 9 / bodies that need to grieve Monday, December 6, 2021BCP Readings: Psalms 25, 9, 15 | Amos 7:1-9 | Revelation 1:1-8 | Matthew 22:23-33 The weeks leading up to Christmas…
day 8 / noisy feet
day 8 / noisy feet Sunday, December 5, 2021RCL Readings: Luke 1:68-79 | Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-14 | Philippians 1:3-11 | Luke 3:1-6 When Zoom meetings and audio recordings are going…
day 6 / bodies afraid
day 6 / bodies afraid Friday, December 3, 2021BCP Readings: Psalms 16, 17, 22 | Amos 5:1-17 | Jude 1-16 | Matthew 22:1-14 Fear has a way of transforming a body into…
day 4 / discerning bodies
day 4 / discerning bodies Wednesday, December 1, 2021BCP Readings: Psalms 119:1-24, 12, 13, 14 | Amos 3:12—4:5 | II Peter 3:1-10 | Matthew 21:23-32 When Christians talk about discernment, they often…
day 1 / postures
day 1 / postures Sunday, November 28, 2021RCL Readings: Psalm 25:1-9 | Jeremiah 33:14-16 | I Thessalonians 3:9-13 | Luke 21:25-36 What posture does your body assume when you feel out of…
advent made flesh
Advent is a larger-than-life season. These four weeks dare Christians to dream big, take on the world, and expect nothing less than God making all things truly new. Such high hopes, however,…
