Peter makes a strange request to verify Jesus’ presence. Jesus has come to them walking on water, and Peter asks, “If it is you, command me to come to you on...

At this point in Matthew’s Gospel, it is a fearful time in the life of Jesus and the lives of disciples. Jesus had just heard about Herod having John the Baptist...

A line from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar has stuck with me. It conveys the idea that Israel in the time of Jesus had no mass communication, implying that some other...

The letters of Paul collected in our New Testament provide something far short of what could be considered Paul’s systematic theology. These letters, far from being sweeping theological statements, represent specific...

My family is surprised that I routinely watch a comedian who, although having been raised as one, is not only admittedly not Christian, but avowedly anti-Christian. He caught my ear one...

These formative stories in Genesis of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are not just about some ancient dysfunctional family, but are about the people of God, the Chosen People. This is indicated...

What a dysfunctional family! The dad, Jacob, also known as Israel, chose a favorite son, Joseph, out of all of his many sons and made him the famous long coat of...

The conclusion of the feeding miracle contains a significant detail: 5,000 men were fed, “besides women and children.” In a society where women and children were often seen as secondary or...

The story of the feeding of the five thousand is a profound testament to God’s abundance. In this miracle, Jesus overturns the assumptions of scarcity and reveals the justice and generosity...

Psalm 17 is a heartfelt prayer for God’s protection and justice. The psalmist cries out for deliverance from the wicked and seeks God’s loving care. The words of the psalm reflect...