Remembering George Herbert, priest and poet
Born in 1593, George Herbert, a cousin of the Earl of Pembroke, grew up amongst gifted and creative people.
Arising Out of the Dust and Shaking off Fear
Born into slavery in Delaware in 1746, Absalom Jones was taken to Philadelphia at sixteen by his enslaver, who sold his mother and siblings before the move.
Opening the Gate
Today we commemorate three men who accompanied Paul on his missionary journeys and shared in his hardships and sufferings for the sake of the gospel.
God’s Instrument of Abundant Life
When looking at a baby, we don’t generally wonder how they will die.
Bringing People to Jesus with Saint Andrew
By the time I was confirmed in the Methodist Church, I knew a lot of Bible, and, because the pastor who led our confirmation classes was a history buff, a good deal of church history, too.
Mechthild of Magdeburg: Sex Positive Mystic
I was twenty-five years old before I finally realized my birth in 1964 had been the result of an unplanned pregnancy.
The New Look of Christendom
Now, I understand that it is now considered problematic to use the Hebrew Scriptures as Phillip did in this passage, as proof-texts of the divinity of Jesus, but that is not the problem I’m interested in here.
Jesus’ Very Deliberate Calling of Matthew the Taxcollector
Jesus not only called Matthew to be a disciple, but received many of his friends and associates with kindness and acceptance.
The Gentle Kindness of Saint Aidan
“Nothing human’s not a broth of false and true.” —Frederick Buechner, Godric
