The “Minor” Prophets of the Hebrew Bible can see it -- what God really, really wants -- and they'll do just about anything to tell us what they see. Starting with Hosea, we'll let them have their say over seven potentially painful weeks. 

This is my son, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased.

Jay (our brand-new intern from Brite Divinity School) takes on Joel -- a contextless prophet whose mysterious identity leaves us with lots of interpretive choices. But while we're choosing, the earth is burning with wildfire, plague, drought, and famine. What does God think about that?

Amos looks at economic inequity, the systemic brokenness wherein the poor get poorer and the rich are “cows of Bashan”, and says, “God really really doesn’t want that.” Are we, in our churches and in our politics, thinking and talking about poverty with the same passion? Why not?

The queer, saving love of our queer, Samaritan God. 

"Lambs among wolves," Jesus called his friends. We've been feeling a little lamb-ish ourselves. And what did he intend them/us to do about that? Remain as vulnerable as possible. Hope for hospitality. Share a table, share good news.

"Lambs among wolves," Jesus called his friends. We've been feeling a little lamb-ish ourselves. And what did he intend them/us to do about that? Remain as vulnerable as possible. Hope for hospitality. Share a table, share good news.

The queer, saving love of our queer, Samaritan God. 

"Does it sound scary to set your face toward Jerusalem? Many of your fellow humans are in Jerusalem already." -- Christian Briones, our friend and guest preacher the Sunday after a week he called "a beating." Thanks for the good word on a hard Sunday, preacher.

"Does it sound scary to set your face toward Jerusalem? Many of your fellow humans are in Jerusalem already." -- Christian Briones, our friend and guest preacher the Sunday after a week he called "a beating." Thanks for the good word on a hard Sunday, preacher.

What are you afraid of? In these stories from Luke, they're mostly afraid of Jesus. Not the storm, not the demons, but the messiah himself.