by Amy Butler | Jul 12, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Lectionary preachers were assigned Genesis 22 recently, the story of Abraham’s almost-murder of his son Isaac, as a text for worship. If you recall, the story goes that Abraham heard a voice the text calls God’s voice, telling him to take his son Isaac on a hike, to...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 5, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The Christmas narratives in the Bible are unique, but not conflicted like the resurrection narratives. Yes, we typically conflate the timeline by placing the Matthean magi who arrived from somewhere in the distant darkness bearing gifts alongside the Lukan shepherds...
by Margot Hodson | Mar 8, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Do you sometimes find it hard to match your expectations with reality? We can embark out in life with all kinds of dreams and ideals, but the reality of life can seem very different. We can be crushed by the difficulties that come our way, and it is easy to look back...
by Junia Joplin | Mar 1, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I have some good news for you. Staying up late might not be so bad. So, what’s been keeping you up at night lately? What’s happening in your brain on those nights when you just can’t seem to shut it all down and get some sleep? Could it be the cost-of-living crisis...
by Christopher B. Harbin | Feb 23, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Places mentioned in the Gospels often enough are laden with greater significance than simply mapping a route. When Matthew tells us Jesus entered the wastelands east of the Jordan, it is more than his being in a solitary place. This is where the tribes had first...
