Last week we looked at how the Old Testament is a mosaic in which Jesus can found. We learned that we can encounter Christ through the text of the Hebrew Bible. But, does the reverse happen? Do we see the

Perhaps one of the most confusing parts of the Bible is understanding the relationship between the New Testament and the Old Testament. And, in turn, understanding our relationship as “New Testament people” to the Old Testament.  Typically, we see ourselves

One function of scripture is to tear down our idols, our premeditated perception of God or those things we submit to in place fo God. This frees us so that we can worship the true God. Scripture does this in

Today we being the Apostles’ Fast. Luckily, this year, it only lasts one day (some years, it’s a month long!). The length of this fast depends on how late Pascha and Pentecost are. If those feasts are early, it means

Do you remember being a teenager?  Do you remember ignoring your parents when you were a teen? You were probably thinking, “Ugh, why do I have to listen to my parents? They don’t know anything. Besides, they can’t control me

We all know that the Christian feast of Pentecost is the celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles. This story is told in the New Testament book of Acts.

 But, did you know that there’s a

Have you ever said something that you wish you could take back? I bet the moment you said it—right away—you knew you shouldn’t have. You could see the shock, hurt, and pain of your words on faces of your loved

If you read church news or online blogs, it’s easy to get disillusioned: there’s so much bad news.  Combine this with a bad experience with Christians or a church and it’s no wonder that over 50% of Americans no longer

As I thought about the theme of one of the Easter Sundays, the Myrrhbearing Women, I wondered: what’s the deeper symbolic meaning that the first witnesses of the resurrection were female? Then, the answer came to me through the movie Shrek. 

This upcoming Sunday is the Sunday of Joseph the Arimathea and the Myrrh-Bearing Woman. Although the story of the women finding Jesus’s tomb empty is told by several of the evangelists, I want to narrow in on John’s telling of