When I was young, my family would take a yearly trip to Colorado to visit my grandparents at Thanksgiving. For me, it was full of excitement. We’d spend significant time with family, we’d take time off from school, and we’d spend a few days skiing. But my goodness, it was a long, boring trip in our 1990 wood paneled Dodge Caravan. There isn’t much going on through western Nebraska on I-80 (sorry, Nebraska resident reading this). Now that I have young children and have traveled long distances...

In The Spirituality of the Psalms , Walter Brueggemann categorizes the Psalms by their liturgical use: Psalms of orientation, Psalms of...

Part of the brilliance of Mark’s gospel is in the author’s ability to draw the reader into the story with such ease. Mark is intentional...