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So often we are trapped by our own imaginations.
This is my blood, donated for you
When my arm is stretched out and blood is trickling out of me, I find myself thinking of Jesus.
Deuteronomy offers instructions for what to do after not 40 days but 40 years of wandering.
What will Israeli politics look like after Netanyahu?
The promises and dangers of Israel’s new coalition government
How can we live together as God’s people, people who flow with God’s eternal life?
February 16, Epiphany 6A (Matthew 5:21–37, Deuteronomy 30:15–20)
Idolatry is the desire to manipulate God.
Discovering sabbath in my mother’s hospice room
She was a staunch observer of sabbath. It took her death for me to appreciate why.
Immigration and the biblical law of the stranger
In Torah, the stranger appears as a guest to be welcomed, not a problem to be solved.
My forebears were a little shortsighted with their strict sabbath codes, but they weren’t entirely wrong.
God invites us to live out an authentic prophetic ministry truly guided by God.
The poor we will always have with us?
Jesus isn’t pitting himself against poor people. He’s one of them.
I came into the world cursed with the ability to see all sides of an issue.
by Brian Maas
February 12, Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Deuteronomy 30:15–20; 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Matthew 5:21–37
by Brian Maas
Deuteronomy is a book of words, a book of preaching and exhortation offered as the word of God. It is made up of words given by leaders to the people before they are to form a new nation, establish homes, plant vineyards, dig wells.
In the wake of Michael Brown's shooting by Darren Wilson and the subsequent protests in Ferguson, Lauryn Hill posted a song called "Black Rage."
By Brian Bantum
Idolatry seems like such an easy thing to avoid.
by Brian Bantum
"Remember the sabbath" is a costly commandment. Our culture’s assault on it extends far beyond Sunday.