18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, RCL)

Samuel is a good leader, until he isn’t.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

What was the earthy taste of river water telling me?

Living outside poverty is a wonderful thing, but it leaves one open to the temptation of a divided heart.

“Trust me!” Jesus says, and the more he says it, the less the crowd is inclined to go along.

On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance

Who gets to complain?

I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.

What if all were extended the gift of a second chance?

The One who promised Moses perpetual presence is apparently someone to be trusted.

I’ve stopped trying to climb over it or knock it down. Now I just sit there.

The story's action words tell us a lot about power and who has it.

Read Tamar or Dinah's story with your church. Listen together for their cries.

I have an enduring memory of bread I ate when I was four. Jesus' bread also abides.

How shrewdly the drama of mixed motives, mixed loyalties, and mixed feelings unfolds.

Instead of glorifying the past, what if we treated the present as precious?