Isaiah was written largely during the exile. It was written during great pain and suffering and is a cry for another way. It is a futurist text—imagining, hoping, exploring what it...

The US surgeon general recently issued an advisory on the loneliness epidemic. Loneliness, he writes, is killing us. “It is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression,...

“We have been here for a long time, mijo.” I was young when I learned that my people have been on this land for generations. When I was older, I learned...

Years back, I was talking with a close friend about the abuse she and her children were experiencing. As a pastor and a scholar who is also a survivor of childhood...

In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul lists all the leaders the people in Corinth are following and calls them out for dividing themselves amongst these teachers. We might say we...

New Testament readers notice almost immediately that John’s Gospel is different from Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Its uniqueness provides a biblical portrait of Jesus we would not otherwise have. John’s distinct...

The “A” on my 11th-grade English paper brought a smile, but the note my teacher added beneath it made me think. “Use your voice to create change!” she said, encouraging a...

Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church opens with words of encouragement, gratitude, and affirmation. He reminds them of their identity as God’s people, their connection to Christ’s followers everywhere, and...

A couple of years ago, I met a woman who was looking for work—odd jobs of any kind, really. She had numerous skills: housekeeping, painting, construction, electrical work, lawn maintenance, garage...

Occasionally in church services of my childhood, someone would “give their testimony,” dramatically recalling how God rescued them and gave them new life. The “pit of death” and the “mud and...