Apparently not satisfied by Jesus’ feeding of thousands, some who were there press him for a sign of his power; perhaps it is daily manna...

Today is the first of five Sundays with gospel readings from John 6, the first four of which focus on Jesus as bread of life. Today Jesus...

Mark’s gospel makes clear how great is the press of the crowd, with its countless needs to be met, on Jesus and his disciples. Yet in...

When Amos reports his vision of God judging Israel for its mistreatment of the poor, he becomes a threat to the power of the priests and...

Jesus does great deeds of power and gives his disciples authority over demons. Yet none of this power is unilateral; it all must be...

A woman finds healing by touching Jesus’ cloak, and a girl is restored to life when he takes her by the hand. In both cases a boundary is...

Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! Now we are in the storm, the boat almost swamped; but Jesus is here now, and...

The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a...

A house divided against itself cannot stand. Jesus makes this observation in light of charges that he is possessed. He is possessed, not...

When we say God is the triune God, we are saying something about who God is beyond, before, and after the universe: that there is...