When should we challenge the culture’s expectations?
Key findings include ancient chapter lists for Paul’s letters that differ from modern chapter divisions, providing evidence of how sixth-century scribes corrected, annotated and engaged with the texts.
It was a close call. I thought I was a goner.
A recent lectionary reading for Lent featured the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:5-42). As I read the passage, I noticed something about the woman that I hadn’t seen before. I’m struck by the image of Jesus being vulnerable to a vulnerable person, asking her for water.
Growing up, Nicole Martin recalls hearing stories from her great-grandmother, Estelle Cartledge, about helping her husband build a church in Pittsburgh during a time of segregation when women leaders were viewed with suspicion. Her great-grandmother’s response was simple: Do the work in front of you. Let God take care of the rest.
Thirst, that is what African American men and women in the U.S. were feeling in the 1950s and 1960s because of the discrimination and racism that they were experiencing.
