Wherein we test a theory at the Temple treasury.

Pilate asked, "What is truth?" and in so doing he revealed that in him there is nothing to be revealed.

With Luke, we begin at the end, a glance at the apocalypse. But what would it have us do? 

Regret, repentance, second thoughts: why does John insist these things are crucial?

Maybe the world isn't as defiling as all that. Maybe the greatest risk is when we think we're at terrible risk.

The cross continues to confound. Meanwhile, before the Senate Judiciary Committee...

On Trinity Sunday, we baptize a little one in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and he throws his hands in the air; and the rest is mystery.

The question about keeping the Sabbath isn't one of piety, it's one of justice. The question to ask isn't, "Do you keep the Sabbath?" It's, "Are you able to keep the Sabbath." An economy that doesn't allow its people to rest is an unjust one.

The Easter imperative sets in, and some discover they want to be done with it already. Gnosticism, that evergreen heresy, wants to keep its hands clean--if it even will admit it has hands.