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November 2018

November 07, 2018

Nothing is holy now. More Kings and Prophets

Holiness in a King David kind of religion doesn’t separate people from each other. David...

November 05, 2018

“Everything is Holy Now” — King David

Peter Mayer is a singer-songwriter occasionally heard on Minnesota Public Radio. One of his songs...

November 02, 2018

Caravan is a Nice Word: Pre-election Rhetoric versus Compassion

A caravan is a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions....

October 2018

October 31, 2018

A Sacrificial Victim, the Unnamed Daughter of Jephthah

A story of a sacrifice that shouldn’t have happened seems an unlikely candidate for Jesus...

October 29, 2018

Cain and Abel: About Rivalry and What Jesus’ Gift of Himself is Not

Rivalry looms large in human history. We make ourselves rivals with each other and with...

October 26, 2018

Joachim Schellnhuber, Papal Adviser, Contemplates Global Warming, Cyborgs, and Reverse Creation

Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the world’s foremost experts on global warming. He helped advise...

October 24, 2018

Sacrifice Isaac? What Got into Abraham?

This series started with a story of human sacrifice that masquerades as a punishment for...

October 22, 2018

Two Original Sin Stories, the Devil’s and the Bible’s

The last post was a trip away from Bible stories for another story by René...

October 19, 2018

Memorial Statues, Memorial Days, and the Uses of History

Destroying two statues, of Saddam Hussein and of a Confederate general: morally the same or...

October 17, 2018

René Girard, Rivalry, the Scapegoat, Sacred Violence

I’ve been searching through the Old Testament for stories Jesus might have told the disciples...

October 15, 2018

Achan Suffers for the Israelites

In Luke's Gospel Jesus "opens up" the Scriptures for two disciples on the way to...

October 12, 2018

Mankato, Minnesota, Puts Indigenous Peoples Day on the Calendar

It’s October 12, the day an Italian explorer made landfall in what would become the...

October 10, 2018

Opening the Scriptures on the Way to Emmaus: Why Did Jesus Have to Suffer?

Introduction to the series Why did Jesus die? Jesus died to save us from sin...

October 08, 2018

Atonement and Some Odd Hypothetical Questions about Disciples

There are many theories of atonement in the history of Christian theology. Jesus reconciles us...

October 05, 2018

Sins as Evil as Abortion: Conclusions from Ancient Israelite and Modern European/American Experience

Abortion does not stand apart among sins that need challenging in the theater of American...

October 03, 2018

Civil Disobedience and the Puzzle that was Thursday: Why did Jesus Turn Himself In?

Jesus enters Jerusalem knowing authorities there wanted to kill him. For about four days he...

October 01, 2018

The Sacrament of Touch: We Touch Jesus’ Body and the Discipleship Story, Though Bruised and Broken, Carries On

Some people are auditory learners, some visual. Some, like me, relate to the world primarily...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Indian Chief Asks: What Legacy am I Leaving for the Next Seven Generations?

What legacy, what kind of world, are we leaving for our children, grandchildren, and great...

September 26, 2018

Apocalypse: A Plague (or is it Stars Falling) on Both Your Houses

The so-called “Little Apocalypse” in Mark is no prediction of a distant future end of...

September 24, 2018

Not Rendering to Caesar and Other Challenges on a Tuesday in Passover Week

Separation of church and state is not a first-century idea. Rendering something to Caesar and...

September 21, 2018

Hurricane Florence, Global Warming, and Ember Days

A thought and a prayer as people on the East Coast recover from Hurricane Florence:...

September 19, 2018

The Fig Tree and the Temple: Monday and Tuesday Morning

A fig tree helps us interpret one of the surest, but not always understood, facts...

September 17, 2018

Palm Sunday: A Procession with an Anti-climax

It’s Sunday in Passover Week—later for Christians it becomes the first Palm Sunday—and it’s a...

September 14, 2018

Ye Old Ember Days, a Good Fit for This Time of Prayer for Creation

This is a time of prayer for creation. (See this post on the World Day...

September 12, 2018

Mark’s Catechism, House Rules for God’s Kingdom

My catechism doesn't say it, but being a Christian means that powers of the world...

September 10, 2018

Resurrection: Puzzling with the Disciples about Jesus’ Predictions

Mark has Jesus predict both his passion and his resurrection three times. The disciples don’t...

September 07, 2018

Anti-Judaism: From Early Church to Basketball Courts and the Latest Religious Ed Videos

Anti-Judaism is represented (left photo)) in Medieval statues of...

September 05, 2018

The Transfiguration, Dazzling but not Triumphant

In the Transfiguration scene does Mark give us a brief glimpse of Jesus’ triumph over...

September 03, 2018

Bookends to the Transfiguration, Hope in the Dark, and a Guess about Jesus at Prayer

Jesus’ path gets increasingly dangerous as we move through Mark’s Gospel. At the same time...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

World Day of Prayer for Creation

Tomorrow is the day Christians pray for the earth. Pope Francis designated September 1 as...

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