Luke 14:26 (RSV) If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. The same ...
“Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way.” There’s a Kurt Vonnegut quote that has always spoken to me: ...
Jesus's twelve companions were instrumental in spreading his teachings and the Christian religion after his death. Nobody knows for sure just how long Jesus' ministry, teaching and travelling ...
Did Jesus preach, as best we know? And if he did preach what kinds of things did he preach about? When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his ...
Find today’s readings here. Anyone who has lived in a place that alternates between wet and dry seasons knows the power of returning storms. Everything changes with the rain. Dry ground turns green ...
During this season of Advent, it is not uncommon to hear Isaiah’s prophecy quoted. Seven hundred years before the birth of Christ, Isaiah prophesied, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; ...
On Friday, we walked to Calvary with Hans Küng as our guide on the passion and death of Jesus, his reflections in On Being a Christian pointing us to the critical, yet often scuttled, fact: Jesus died ...
Too often people claiming to be Christians utilize blatant mistruths to advance their own agendas. Whether it is homophobia or pro-life ideology that they are attempting to put forth, they posses a ...
Four practical ways teachers can keep impacting their students as they teach through a screen. Although we’re in the middle of the summer, teachers must begin to prepare for delivering academic ...