March 2018

Take Up Your Cross

As we are considering the commands of Christ this Lenten season, few if any of the commands are as central and as challenging […]

Esther

The story of Esther is one of the most popular in scripture. The Jews read it in its entirety every year at the Feast […]

Shake off the Dust

It was John Calvin who said, “God knows that we are creatures, and so loves us in ways that we can understand: In bread and […]

Ruth

Today I offer the story of Ruth, an ancestor of Christ, herself a Christ figure who set in motion a contagion of kindness, God’s […]

Jesus the Stranger

Only the Jesus who is other, different, intriguing, frustrating, fascinating can change what one really is. A Jesus who is like the self only reinforces […]

Sell and Give

Today’s command is a challenging one indeed. How is it also liberating? How does it fit with Jesus’ words: “For my yoke is […]

David

David; shepherd boy, musician, warrior, king. His story is a classic: we keep returning to it to learn more about God and about us. It […]

Consider the Lilies

Emily Dickinson, great poet of Amherst once wrote: “The only commandment I ever obeyed- ‘Consider the Lilies.’”1 The words point to her worship as wonder […]