The gospel lectionary reading for Lent 2 in this Year C is Luke 13.31–35, and once again the lectionary does us something of a disservice by cutting this short passage off from its surrounding narrative. That is not such a problem in relation to what follows, since Luke begins chapter 14 with a clear narrative break...
Deconstruction: Afraid of Where You'll End Up? DECONSTRUCTION: ARE YOU AFRAID OF WHERE YOU’LL END UP? I hear from so many people who are deconstructing and confess their fear of where they’re going to end up....
No Orthodoxy Without Orthopraxis
Apparent orthodoxy, right belief, without orthopraxis, right action, is not true orthodoxy. What we do demonstrates who we are and what we believe. The defeat of iconoclasm, the heresy which denied the veneration of images, led to the restoration of icons and their proper use....
I’ve noticed lately that it’s cool in some pockets of Christianity to have a bad attitude about Proverbs 31. The logic goes that the chapter sets an unreasonable standard for a woman’s performance, godliness, housewife-liness, etc. It makes us feel inadequate in comparison, so it’s OK to thumb our noses at it...
Last week we posted an article from Politico titled, “Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair: Pro-Biden and Alone in Rural America" (Politico.com)
"Rural Democrats suffer in silence, abandoned by a party that they fear has stopped fighting to win the places where they live."...
