On not being cosmic busybodies

Our Gospel today is difficult. Often it’s read almost as a blueprint for the end of the world, a fortune-teller’s description of what will happen before the last days. Books like the Left Behind series spin this out into an elaborate fantasy of good and evil. Even more disturbing are those voices on talk radio [...]

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Are we just talking to ourselves?

Luke is very clear in the introduction to the parable of the tax collector and the pharisee that Jesus was speaking to “those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.” Many of the religious leaders of his day had fallen into the trap so familiar to the powerful of believing their [...]

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Religion and Families in Conflict

“From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.” These words from Luke’s Gospel always seem to startle—even scandalize—us. We’re so familiar with Jesus preaching a message of peace and love that these words about division and conflict as a necessary part of the coming of the [...]

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Rock on!

What better motivation to get back to bringin’ the Word home than being honored with a Rockin’ Girl Blogger award from Talmida. “Honored” doesn’t begin to express my feelings about her kind words, because she definitely ROCKS! If I needed a nudge to keep up with my lectionary explorations, this does it in spades. [...]

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