Both of their faces were stained with tears. The older woman holding the younger. They were rocking slightly. Their shared grief was palpable. I knew neither of them well but I knew that the younger woman had just watched as her son was buried. This was a grief to which I would attend as a…
I think Judas has gotten a bum rap. Certainly he is guilty of great sin, but let’s re-visit his story and with an openness to what we might have missed. In Matthew 26, after the anointing of Jesus at a dinner party by a woman who poured out a lavish measure of expensive perfume, one…
By Katherine Burgess WASHINGTON (RNS) – Collection plates are growing even lighter as Protestant church member giving reached new lows in 2011, and tithing probably will not recover from the recession, according to a new report by Empty Tomb, a Christian research group. “Is the issue that the church is not providing an authentic alternative…