Jesus Shows Up — Sermon by Lorie Martin

“They saw Jesus…” “When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”  So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those...

Are the Gospels Mythical? by Rene Girard

Are the Gospels Mythical? Rene Girard(first published in First Things April 1996) From the earliest days of Christianity, the Gospels' resemblance to certain myths has been used as an argument against Christian faith. When pagan apologists for the official...

Gangs, Nations: Same Thing by Chris Hoke

I started spending a lot of evenings in my local county jail a few years ago, doing Bible studies and meeting with inmates one on one as a young chaplain. I immediately loved the Chicano gangsters best. I thought I’d found kindred souls on the margins our society who...