“What’s important, though, is that Jesus is not running from this trouble, but instead is going ahead and doing what is asked of him. He’s doing the right thing, in spite of what grief is going to come down on his head, on account of it.”
Curry writes, “The violence, intimidation and distortion of scripture associated with ‘Christian nationalism’ does not reflect the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, and so I stand with fellow leaders in the Christian community and call for a better way.”
“When you look around your church on Sunday morning, look for the Josephs. They’re the less obvious saints, but I think you know who they are. Say a prayer of thanks for them, and for their particular flavor of witness.”
“We’re not talking mere drizzle, here, as in worry yourself not, for the winds will shift and the sun will soon shine. His words capture the despondency of a long and slow depression – clinical or otherwise – real suffering.”
In this op-ed, three respected voices call on TEC to move forward with the communion agreement with the United Methodist Church
“At your baptism God claimed you as a child of God. Forever loved and forever claimed. So what do you say we take time now to remember that call and the name God has given to each of us.”
“What was it Jesus said? That the healthy don’t need a doctor (Mk 2:17). So the sick come in our doors, and we live with them. And heal them to the extent we can, and to the extent we can’t we tolerate and try to love them. We may be the best cure for the current hate/outrage/anger culture we live in. The world, God’s world, needs us.”
Let’s talk about Jesus talking about prayer
For anyone who has always wanted to go deeper into theological study, the arts, or a certain outdoor activity, spending a week here can be like trying to drink from a fire hose.
“One time a girl in Sodom was convicted of giving bread to a poor person. As punishment, she was covered in honey and placed in front of a wasp’s nest. She died of wasp stings.”