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Thinking About Death in Easter

By Victor Lee Austin Eastertide is a good time to think clearly about death, for the simple reason that in Christ’s resurrection everything about death was changed. Death remains a reality — it does not beco... Read More...

Equating ‘Church’ With ‘Worship’

By Calvin Lane  Language matters. It shapes our perceptions and priorities, and (we hope) reflects objective truth. No, I’m not talking about pronouns or identities, but rather something perhaps closer to ho... Read More...

Love and Fear: For Good Friday

By Neil Dhingra Now imagine a film projected not on a screen but on a rubbish dump. The story of Jesus — which in its full extent is the entire Bible — is the projection of the trinitarian life of God on the r... Read More...

For Maundy Thursday

By Garwood Anderson The Maundy Thursday liturgy is probably my favorite of the year. So much happens, from the washing of feet to the Garden of Gethsemane to the celebration in the Upper Room to the Garden o... Read More...

Powerless Christianity

By Eugene R. Schlesinger  I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. —Isaiah 50:6   Let the same mind be ... Read More...

To Set Our Sights on the Cross

By Cole Hartin Lent is good time to think about death. It’s a good time to think about death because it’s the time when we remember our mortality, our limits, and our utter reliance upon God. It’s also a goo... Read More...

A New Grace for Meals

By John Mason Lock Our family devotions include a practice that we’ve been using for almost a decade. In sharing it here, I do not mean to imply that it should be universal. Among its other qualities, surely... Read More...