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Easter! Too Good to be True?

What if the story that scripture tells isn’t a fairy tale… what if instead, all fairy tales are resonating with and hinting at this singular real story that shapes our history? What if we’re created to long for these stories, to recognize them as familiar?

by Beth Carlson-Malena

Forsaken by God: Susannah’s Story

And then Jesus lifted up his voice. And he prayed my prayer, he prayed the words of the psalm, the words that my people had cried through the centuries, the words that I had cried over and over, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Love, Knowing and the Washing of Feet

It’s all about love to the very end. It’s all about a love that brings us to Holy Week. It’s all about the end of love, the telos of love. It’s all about the Lord of love, kneeling before his disciples on Thursday evening, and enthroned on a cross by Friday afternoon.

by Brian Walsh

Hold Fast to the Head

Hold fast to the head, and let your ethics flow from that. Stay immersed in the covenant story and your actions will be shaped by it. Don’t need no baggage, don’t need no ticket, just get on board.

by Beth Carlson-Malena

Kingdom Fruitfulness: A New Targum

This is the word of truth, in a time of such ubiquitous deceit. This is the word of truth, that speaks power and life in the face of repression and death.

by Brian Walsh

Jesus and the Festival of Hope

A reflection on Matthew 17:1-9 by Andrew Stephens-Rennie at Christ Church Cathedral’s St.

by Andrew Stephens-Rennie

Romans 12&13 Remixed: A Post-Inauguration Targum

Time is up for the oppressive laws of the state, so obey the law of love. Time is up for the empire, so live in the Kingdom.

by Brian Walsh

God on the Loose

Memory can trap us. Many of us have memories linked to shame, inadequacy, and pain, like Israel’s memory of their broken covenants and spiritual infidelity, and these can paralyze us in bitterness, self-pity, and self-doubt.

by Beth Carlson-Malena

Prayer in Troubled Times

We said to ourselves, “We believe in Jesus plus white supremacy; Jesus plus comfortability.” We preached this in churches. We obscured Your teachings; there is no longer any prophet, and there is no one among us who knows how long.

by Emily Ulmer

La Loche, Adam and the Eventide of Joy

Adam knew with Isaiah that there was something deeply wrong in our world. Adam knew that, “the earth is utterly broken, the earth is torn asunder,” and he dedicated his life to the healing of that broken world.

by Brian Walsh

Longing for Stability

I am longing for sabbath: for the time and space that might allow me to dwell in the healing stability of God's love.

by Andrew Stephens-Rennie

What is Love? Rehearing 1 Corinthians 13

Love tends to no balance sheets of good and bad behaviour. Love holds on to what needs to be held; lets go of what needs to released.

by Lee McKenna

A Penthouse or a Stable?

They have all come, either summoned or seeking an audience. In and out of Trump Tower, the rich, the powerful, the celebrities, have come to see the one who will be president.

by Brian Walsh

Advent and the King without Bling

Kings with bling love extravagant and vulgar display. Especially at parties for their rich and powerful friends. The servant king likes parties too. But his parties are for everyone. And the meal begins very simply with a loaf of bread and a jug of wine.

by Brian Walsh

Evangelicalism as the Gates of Hell?

What if the church is the Gates of Hell? What if the church in the United States is no longer raiding the gates of hell, but have easily walked in? What if the church in the United States is now so apostate, that the Gates of Hell have indeed prevailed against the church?

by Brian Walsh

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