One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them.

In many different instances, Jesus shows awareness of a world wider than the human one.

David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times, lays out two different styles of interpersonal relating. One he calls the llluminator and the other the Diminisher.

A commentator on these readings posed a beguiling question: “how much is enough?” 

Images for God — metaphors and visuals that catch something more fundamental and grounded than ideas for God.

We all know the phrase, “getting to the bottom of it.” It means digging down beneath the outside appearances to the inner core of something

I remember a man complaining that there was too much dissention in his family. He used a memorable phrase to describe their connections: “In a given month, who’s in and who’s out?”

The motto on the great seal of the United States is the Latin “E Pluribus Unum.” It’s translated: “Out of the Many, One.”

I think people would worry if someone accused them of “hearing voices.” But the truth of the matter is that during each week, any number of voices are directed at us.

The Lord Jesus grew up in an agricultural setting, and so it’s no surprise that He draws on images that run through that world.