Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B, RCL)

Fruitful ministry becomes sustainable when it is shared, person to person and generation to generation.

In biblical Greek, the word we translate as “abide” is active rather than passive.

Some people can tell where wine or coffee is from just by tasting it.

The vine branch doesn’t put “make grapes” on its to-do list. It just makes them.

Sometimes it seems that the vine grower has prepared the vineyard and gone off to a remote island where things are warmer and nicer.

We are divided. We do not abide each other well.

In our current crisis, fear is both cause and consequence.

Willie James Jennings writes about tangible things—bodies, incarceration, healing—with graceful language that’s hard to pin down.

Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.

Nine trans Christians tell their stories.

Norman Wirzba views theology and ecology through 1 John 4:8, "Whoever does not love does not know God."

We church leaders need to stop fretting about our future and immerse ourselves in the baptismal waters that proclaim perfect love.