
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free!
Playing hide-and-seek as a kid, when the game was over, we would yell out “Olly, olly, oxen free.” Only recently did I learn the ancient

Playing hide-and-seek as a kid, when the game was over, we would yell out “Olly, olly, oxen free.” Only recently did I learn the ancient
Today’s guest post comes from the Rev. Dr. Daniel Meeter, pastor of Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York. The charismatic rabbi of the

“Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.” (John 20:25) Joseph of Arimathea appears in all four
A phone call from my mother years ago–I think I was in college–included other news, I’m sure, but what she said after a deep breath

My brother recently texted me some old family pictures of him and me when we were kids—I think my family was going through old photo

I have another topic I want to write about today, but honestly, I want to keep Holy Week holy and welcome you into a few
“Please, don’t ask me to believe anything. Let’s stick with what we can know.” Those were the words of author Barbara Ehrenreich last week on
How much money should ministers make? I was a part of a conference last week sponsored by the Association of Theological Schools on “Economic Challenges
Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award for 2013 went to a volume whose first chapter is entitled, “Jesus Knocked Me off My Metaphysical Ass.”