Tag: Faith

by Linda Ryan Back in the Dark Ages, when I was a kid, we had a goofy little rhyme that went, “Spring has sprung, the

by Maria L. Evans All my hope on God is founded; he doth still my trust renew, me through change and chance he guideth, only

[This] recasts the Shroud as a testament to Christ’s Resurrection, and not, as currently revered, a relic of Christ’s passion and death. This is a crucial reconception, one that makes sense of the scriptural record, and suggests that the morbid, and ultimately destructive, fascination of Christianity with the suffering of Christ is misplaced.

by Maria Evans O God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day our brother (sister) N. We thank you for giving him

by Will Hocker A couple months ago, our rector, Paul Fromberg, asked me how I can work as a pediatric hospital chaplain. That is, how

by Linda Ryan Rabbi Yoshua ben Levi asked Elijah the prophet, “When will Messiah come?” Elijah replied, “Go and ask him yourself.” “Where is he?”

… compartmentalization is a bad bargain for us, first, because it is an invitation to psycho-spiritual fragmentation that puts human decency in one cupboard and the “God-thing” in another.