“O Lord, you have searched me and known me.” This knowing can be painful and challenging. The truth often is. Yet God pursues us in love and offers us the truth as a path to healing. — Teri McDowell Ott
Mark’s Gospel will continually draw us to the margins, de-centering power and privilege. It’s an invitation for us to to leave our comfort zones, writes Stephanie Sorge.
Philip Gladden looks at the connection between Christmas and Easter laid out in Luke 2 and Galatians 4.
"We need not understand all the science behind awe to appreciate its gift and join the heavenly host in singing God’s praise," writes Teri McDowell Ott.
"This Advent, it may help to think of our faith communities as people who hold up mirrors to the world, reflecting the light of Christ we have found." — Tara W. Bulger
In a world of doubts, Teri McDowell Ott writes, there are eternal truths that we can cling to.
"This Advent, the political and social chaos of Jesus’ day resonates a little too well." Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Mark 13:24-37.
Our salvation – indeed, the redemption of the whole world – is inextricably bound to our relationships with one another, writes Ginna Bairby.
What are we to make of the harsh master in Matthew 25:14-30, Carol Holbrook Prickett wonders?
In these times filled with perilous choices and consequences, Joshua 24 reminds us that God has brought us thus far and God has a purpose for us.
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