Baptism of Christ and White Christian Nationalism
On January 2, I agreed to preach on the Baptism of Christ for January 10 for the Toronto Community of Christ congregation. I did not anticipate that I would need to respond to a...
Category: Gospel
Sacred Music Sunday: Jacob’s Ladder
I remember when I was in seminary we learned one day about the story of Jacob’s vision of a ladder with angels going up and down it. I hadn’t heard the story previously, and...
Why Does the Story of Mary Sound Like Satan’s Plan? (and Other Christmas Questions)
I’ve heard the story of Jesus’ birth many, many times, but it’s not really a story about him. He’s a newborn at his most prominent moment, and does nothing but lie in his manger....
Hope in Lament
This longing for justice, I realized afterward, was hope. It wasn’t a smiley feeling that everything was going to be all right but an overwhelming desire for things to be different from what they are.
The Forgotten Women of the Nativity
Last month, I unpacked my nativity set with my toddler son, handling the smooth olivewood figures carved in Bethlehem for purchase by eager Christian tourists. We named the figures as we put them in...
Guest Post: The Limits of Orthodoxy
By Lindsay Hansen Park When I’m not running a non-profit that gives platform to marginalized Mormons or podcasting about Mormon fundamentalism, I’m usually online talking about Mormonism. Hey, who says I’m not...
Guest Post: Heartbroken
By Blaire Ostler I am heartbroken to learn that the “Radical Orthodoxy” manifesto co-authored by Nathaniel Givens, Jeffrey Thayne, and Jonathan Max Wilson is intended to be anti-queer. I’m heartbroken. I’m utterly heartbroken. The...
Guest Post: Learning to Lament
By Sara Bybee Fisk I am a student of The Living School. Part of the curriculum experience is an assignment to Circle Groups who meet online to learn from each other and from the...
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