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March 2016

March 28, 2016

Disciples of Fear: Is It Easier to Believe in Crucifixions?

We currently live in a world where countless books have been written and read by...

March 21, 2016

Practicing Mindfulness This Passion Week

(This was the sermon I preached on Palm Sunday at First Congregational Church, Long Beach CA.) Today we...

March 18, 2016

Power, Politics, and Palm Sunday: Which Leader Will You Follow?

By the Rev. Claire Feingold Thoryn Palm Sunday is the story of a triumphant entry...

April 2015

April 06, 2015

Resurrection for the Rest of Us

By John Holbert I was not raised in the church—no Sunday School, no youth camps,...

April 03, 2015

Easter is About Seeing Those at the Margins

For many Christians, Easter is a high holy holiday—it’s the religious bedrock that not only...

April 02, 2015

Holy Week in an Unholy World

"God understands our pain. That is good theology for Good Friday. And that kind of...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Stale Crackers and Fruit Juice: The Battle over the Body and Blood of Christ

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final in a weekly Lenten series on the body and blood of...

March 27, 2015

Did God Kill Jesus? Tony Jones on the Crucifixion, Love, and Resurrection

"The way we view the crucifixion of Jesus and the posture of God when that...

March 26, 2015

Easter and the Imperfect Jesus (What We Gain and Lose in the Deification of Jesus)

"Because of Easter and consequently Jesus’ exalted divine status, we are left in the Gospels...