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Hearts joined in a bond with heaven

Hear the opening lines of Deuteronomy 6 and you cannot escape a feeling that you have stumbled on some center pole of sacred story, a

Jonathan Larson

November 19, 2018

Falling asleep in God’s lap

Confession: I am not always the world’s most observant person. Friends once rearranged half the items in my office as a joke and were quite

Meghan Good

November 5, 2018

Bible column: Blessing for the bold

Many Christians I know cannot stand Jacob. In technical terms, he’s what’s known as a “grade-A slime ball.” He steals from his brother, lies to

Meghan Good

October 22, 2018

Bible column: Miracles, if we’re paying attention

At my church we recently concluded a sermon series in which we answered questions submitted by the congregation. One of the submissions read, “Do miracles

Meghan Good

October 8, 2018

Bible: Under water, the death that saves

A classmate once told me the biblical story she found most irredeemable was that of Noah and his ark. When Joshua slaughters cities in God’s

Meghan Good

September 24, 2018

Bible: The ‘party of one’ problem

The first thing “not good” in creation (presumably excepting the snakes) was a human being alone. This should probably not be surprising, from a Christian

Meghan Good

September 17, 2018

Bible: Go ahead, mess with perfection

In the beginning the world was a blank canvas. Then God flipped on the studio lights, stepped up to the easel and threw God’s self

Meghan Good

August 27, 2018

Bible: With love, our divisions fall away

These texts from Paul provide an excellent coda to our conversations about ethics, justice and the Christian life. Although Romans is rightly considered Paul’s most

Ted Grimsrud

August 13, 2018

Bible: Generosity abolishes judgment

For the final sessions of the quarter we turn from Jesus’ teaching to the Apostle Paul’s. Yet the basic picture of Christian faith and life

Ted Grimsrud

July 30, 2018

Bible: Look who isn’t coming to dinner

In the ancient world you could learn a great deal about people at mealtime. What people ate and who they ate with were quite revealing.

Ted Grimsrud

July 16, 2018

Bible: Through the narrow door

A key moment in Luke comes at the end of chapter 9 when Jesus “set his face toward Jerusalem” (9:51). In the following chapters, we

Ted Grimsrud

July 2, 2018

Bible: Complicated commands

Matthew seeks to trace how Jesus prepared his followers to spread his good news to “all nations” that they might obey what he has commanded

Ted Grimsrud

June 18, 2018

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