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Jesus’ appearance in John 21 encapsulates his teaching about what it means to follow him. He has given the disciples instructions about how to fish, and then he cares for them...
Read MoreWaking up in my grandparents’ house to the smell of breakfast cooking is a favorite childhood memory. My grandparents lived in Philadelphia, where scrapple is a regional breakfast food. This pan-fried...
Read MoreCan we go fishing?” my thirteen-year-old daughter, Ellen, asks quite often. Her requests are usually last-minute ones, but I try to go whenever possible. I am her ride, the one who...
Read MoreLet everything that has breath praise the Lord!” (NIV). In 2020, the year of COVID-19 and the killing of George Floyd, “having breath” became an unexpectedly urgent issue. Floyd said that...
Read MoreWe must obey God rather than human beings!” (NIV). How do we discern the relation of Christian belief and spirituality to human authority? Jews in New Testament times already wrestled with...
Read MoreSpeaking to the authorities, Peter summarized the message of the earliest church this way: “God exalted [Jesus] at his right hand as Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to...
Read MoreDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned that we don’t need to be gathered in a public space to celebrate Easter or have the risen Christ come to us. This story in...
Read MoreThough the John of the Gospel is probably not the John of Revelation, here too Jesus is the one who is pierced and wounded. Here too he is a witness to...
Read MoreJohn, the author of Revelation, begins with greetings from the Eternal One and the seven spirits, and from “Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler...
Read MoreI’m writing this to you from a difficult moment in the past. Creating a book like Disciplines takes time, and I’m writing in the United States in 2020, the year of...
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