What Possesses Me?

Jesus calls for a radical reordering of the social table.

Stopping up our ears does nothing to prevent change ... and will absolutely make us less ready to endure it.

Why is Jesus being so hateful and divisive? Why can’t he bring people together instead?

The spiritual impulse is the urge to bridge the gap between the actual world (which is a mess) … and the security of a true homeland that we fear may not exist.

In the Nicene Creed, composed in the 4th century, every word counts.

Make a habit of getting rid of some of your money. Unburden yourself and repair some of the damage done by previous generations.

We always create God in our image, rather than the other way around. We don’t have any other choice. We can only work with what we know.

Mary sits at Jesus’ feet and listens to his teachings. This is her core work—not the endless little tasks piling up in the next room.

"We are now being faced with a series of choices between the demands of the federal government and the teachings of Jesus, and that is no choice at all." - The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church