Millions of Americans are celebrating Labor Day this weekend: by taking an extra day off. This may seem paradoxical at first, but it’s not. Labor and rest ideally complement each other in a sacred balance. Labor can be good and life-giving, or the opposite. So too can the ways we rest.
“Much is made of the “d-o-g spelled backwards” thing. It’s sweet. It’s true in my experience. God, though, is so much more than a reverse metaphor for my beloved dog.”
A faith that doesn’t translate into action is no faith at all
Luci and Jordan get to the end of John’s gospel and his unique recounting of the passion of Christ
Abolition is the moral imperative of our time. But for Christians, it’s more than that. Setting prisoners free is a proclamation of our hope that, as Jesus promises, the kingdom of God is already within us.
“We remember a lot of saints today: 236! Yes, I am going to write about all 236 of them, but I’ll try to keep it short.”