Sometimes it’s easy for me to relate to the disciples and those we read about in scripture. At first glance, Peter seems to be admonishing the Israelites in these verses, reminding...

And then there was Thomas. For whatever reason, he wasn’t there when his friends huddled behind closed doors, fearing for their lives, trying to keep their little community together. And then,...

Our story today goes back to the very beginning of the community that would become the church. Only ten followers of Jesus are present: Judas has betrayed Jesus to the authorities...

We’ve already been reintroduced to the Pentecost community in Acts as an intentional community sharing economic resources. And we’ve learned from the ancient kinship communities in Psalms (and Genesis) about conflict...

A colleague and I taught a workshop about caring communities in the summer of 2021 with ten men at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, sponsored by McCormick Theological Seminary. We...

When we read this ancient psalm, we are distracted, maybe even amused, by the precious oil running down Aaron’s beard, and then we may wonder why it is paired with the...

The first step early Christians took to create their intentional, caring communities was to do something serious about the economic inequalities among themselves. As soon as the church was born at...

The first Christians were, above all, intentional about living together. They were so intentional about their relationships with one another, in fact, that they brought their credit cards to the table....

The tomb is empty! Jesus has conquered the grave! Christ is risen! These facts remain the same and the promise is true yesterday, today, and all our tomorrows. The Easter story...

When I was younger, I looked forward to Holy Saturday because I knew it was the last day I was expected to fast from the things that I said I would...