Religion seeks to make routine that which, by its nature, cannot be captured.

Killing Jesus is a sure and swift read nbsp Bill O rsquo Reilly and Martin Dugard write like newscasters rapidly analyzing facts Here is the entry into Jerusalem Just on the other side of Bethpage the two disciples stand waiting nbsp One holds the bridle of a donkey that has never been ridden

Lazarus died twice In both instances Jesus was far from his side The first time he died in the uncertain hope of his people The second Lazarus entered death rsquo s darkness knowing Christ rsquo s resurrection nbsp Have you ever thought about how you rsquo d like to die Most of us don rsquo

Many of us first visited Grover rsquo s Corners when we were in school Do you remember this scene from Thorton Wilder rsquo s nbsp Our Town Young Emily Webb has married her childhood sweetheart George Gibbs In fact when the play skips ahead to Act III she rsquo s born him a child and died whil

In some cultures the stranger is seen "as special, even sacred." So too in the Gospel. How do we receive the immigrant 'other' in the U.S.?

Sometimes the best way to hear one story anew is by way of another even one that at first glance seems quite disparate nbsp So as you ponder the Transfiguration of Christ consider Cinderella nbsp Yes one is evangelical witness the other only fable nbsp But as fairytales often convey d

In this century, The Father of Lies has produced two utterly bogus, but brilliant, claims about our own humanity.

What does Facebook have to do with Ash Wednesday—besides that you may be giving the site up for Lent?

Jesus says Do not worry about your life what you will eat or drink or about your body what you will wear Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing Look at the birds in the sky they do not sow or reap they gather nothing into barns yet your heavenly Father feeds them Are not you mo

The scriptures summon us ldquo Be holy for I the Lord your God am holy rdquo Lv 19 2 The duty is direct and demanding but where do we begin What hope do we have of meeting such a goal Ironically our first glimpse of God rsquo s holiness is the sight of our own brokenness When grace be