Wednesday, April 21, 2010

I’m a Social Justice Christian

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Most readers of this post are by now familiar with the statements made by the Fox News commentator, Glenn Beck, warning people of faith that...
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Mark’s Unsatisfying, but Compelling Ending

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Since the early days of the movement that would become known as Christianity, the story of the resurrection of Jesus has been celebrated acr...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Lent Reflection: The Crucified Messiah

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The penultimate event in each of the four canonical Gospels is the death of Jesus by crucifixion. As modern readers of these stories, parti...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Lent Reflection: Jesus’ Garden Prayer Models a Faithful Response to Suffering

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As Jesus and his disciples move closer to the event of Jesus’ trial and execution, which he seems to know is coming, but they seem to ignore...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Lent Reflection: A Major Example from a Minor Character

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The Gospels are stories. That seems like an obvious statement, but making it may help us understand how to become better readers of these s...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Lent Reflection: Is the Church an Inclusive Place of Prayer for All?

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Mark’s portrayal of Jesus and his disciples heading toward Jerusalem is both an important literary device and a theologically rich motif for...
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Lent Reflection: Jesus’ kingly glory comes not in thrones of power, but in the cross of suffering.

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As I have mention in my two previous Lent Reflections, one of the dominant themes in the Gospel of Mark is the journey that Jesus and his di...
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