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August 2018

August 29, 2018

The Kingdom of God, A Kingdom of Equals, Where Even Jesus Can Lose an Argument

The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of equals. Jews and foreigners, rich and poor,...

August 27, 2018

Gentiles in the Kingdom of God. Jesus Feeds the Multitude Twice

Why does Mark put two long stories of feeding the multitude into his short Gospel?...

August 24, 2018

Bishops Should Heed Call to End “Imperial Episcopate”

Bishops have a lot to think about these days. Maybe they should resign as a...

August 22, 2018

Parables, Earthly Stories with Heavenly Meanings? … Maybe Not

Jesus tells parables, stories with comfortably familiar scenes and, often, strange twists. The tendency of...

August 20, 2018

Beelzebul — Who or What, Exactly, is in Service to this Demon?

Name calling is a favorite tactic of challenged establishments. Today you might be called a...

August 17, 2018

Kneeling, Sitting, Standing, Walking – We Use our Bodies in Catholic Liturgy

A Japanese foreign exchange student went to Sunday Mass with us and gave me most...

August 15, 2018

The Twelve Apostles, Start of a Community of Resistance

In Mark Jesus does not work alone. As weak and lacking in understanding as his...

August 13, 2018

Meals, Fasting, and Sabbath: Taking on the Pharisees

Jesus challenges the three basic elements in the symbolic order that the Pharisees cherished. Perhaps...

August 10, 2018

Mark Braverman and others Urge Justice for Palestinians

Dr. Mark Braverman is a Jewish American who speaks out for the rights of Palestinians...

August 06, 2018

Social Justice: The Challenging Symbolism of Healing Miracles

More than charity to individuals motivates Jesus to heal the sick. He challenges the purity...

August 06, 2018

The Devil and an Exorcism: Jesus Upsets Business as Usual

Jesus’ teaching “with authority” is an attack on the scribes, but it’s the devil...

August 03, 2018

Xenophobia, Religion, and Secularism

Surveys show that xenophobia, prejudice against people whom one sees as other, is more prevalent...

August 01, 2018

Fishers of Men in the Kingdom of God. Fish Hooks for Which People?

Jesus tells his first disciples, “I will make you fishers of men.” It's a more...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

John the Baptist, the Centers of Power, and the Stronger One

John the Baptist preached repentance, but for which sins? And for whose? John and Jesus...

July 27, 2018

Woman, Man, Symbols of God, and an Article by Abigail Favale

My inner feminist woke up almost from the moment that I became aware of issues...

July 25, 2018

Mark’s Gospel, The Dangerous, Political Beginning: ‘News of Victory’

Gospel: A dangerous word for a dangerous story. Mark commandeers the Propaganda Roman term “Gospel”...

July 23, 2018

The Worldly Spirituality of the Gospel of Mark

Introduction to a Series on the Earliest Gospel A worldly spirituality moves more deeply than...

July 20, 2018

Liberation and the Bible: Chosen People, Part Three

The Bible is a story of liberation of an oppressed people chosen to be God’s...

July 18, 2018

Chosen People, Part Two: Paul’s Vision, a New Tribe?

St. Paul was the great apostle to the Gentiles. He didn’t require circumcision of his...

July 16, 2018

Jonah Learns a Lesson: Chosen People, Part One

Jonah, a prophet of God’s Chosen People, learns a painful lesson about God’s all-inclusive love....

July 13, 2018

Eye Contact for Lectors and the Assembly: Two Lessons Never Taught

Eye contact between lectors and members of the assembly is a relationship. As a trainer...

July 12, 2018

The Problem of Suffering, Part 2: An Impatient Job

A creative editor changed an old story about a character named Job. This editor challenged,...

July 11, 2018

Job and the Problem of Suffering, Part One: The Bible Tries Explaining

“I never explain anything,” Mary Poppins says when asked why there are chimney sweeps in...

July 09, 2018

Solomon and Embracing the Symbol King

The honor that Israel’s memory paid to King Solomon belies the fact that his kingdom...

July 06, 2018

Revelation is a Dialogue with God’s Word: Biblical Violence, Part Three

Violence in the Bible disturbs some Christians and makes it easier to reject Biblical faith...

July 04, 2018

Joshua Didn’t Destroy Jericho: The Problem of Biblical Violence, Part Two

The Bible contains a lot of violence, much of it unjust by today’s standards. In...

July 02, 2018

The Problem of Biblical Violence, Part One

Violence in the Bible is a difficult issue for Christians, especially when God commands it....

June 2018

June 29, 2018

One Nation Under God, or Under Something at Least

The Fourth of July, the celebration of our nation’s independence, is near. I have been...

June 27, 2018

Four Amazing Women in the Genealogy of Jesus

The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel lists four women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheeba....

June 25, 2018

Two Spiritualities of Banking—Dad’s and Wall Street’s

Banking is spiritual? That’s the idea here, also that the kind of spirituality matters. William...

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