New life is not something that lies off in the distant future; it’s available to us now. Even when it feels as though the whole world is under death’s grip, Jesus offers resurrection, today. … More All Saints Sunday: Death Does Not Have the Final Word
This interaction between Jesus and the woman was a moment of intimacy between two people who were socially very different from one another. The result of their boundary-crossing interaction was healing, wholeness, and grace. … More Boundary-Crossing Healer
Behind the myth of scarcity is fear that if others get more, then I will have less. It’s as though all of life is a zero-sum game, where if you win, then I lose. The truth is that there really is enough for all of us: enough money, enough resources, enough care, enough compassion, enough dignity. … More Faith, Not Fear
Faith in Minnesota is creating a new way of doing politics together, by determining that we are called to act not as individuals seeking what serves our own interests but as a collective on behalf of our neighbors. … More Faith in Minnesota
For the crowds of people in Galilee and beyond who were the nobodies of their time, only a Jesus who showed up to confront the powers, cast out evil, and establish a new order could be their messiah. … More Confronting the Powers, Casting Out Demons
