The angel has come and gone. Months of uncomfortable questions have given birth to something more. Shepherds who came with loud silence, offering praise and muffled awe, have faded into...
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If you are at all familiar with the first chapter of 1 Samuel you may wonder why, one week out from Christmas, we would be examining this passage. Shouldn’t we...
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Historically, the Christian church has set aside the four weeks before December 25 to focus on humanity’s deep longings, our need for Jesus to come into this world—including our longing...
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This past Sunday the church around the world did a strange thing. It began a new year in the Liturgical Calendar and entered, once again, into the season of Advent....
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I sat across from my plate, stomach doing summersaults. My abuela’s hard-won labor laid before us, the smell of rice and beans, pernil and pie, all the things she knew...
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Leviticus, the book where attempts to read through the Bible in a year die. The initial rush of enthusiasm lasts through Genesis, with its primeval history and patriarchal narratives, rides...
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