Dr. Joshua Genig writes, "What is most stunning about this icon and about this feast is that the Trinity is there. They have shown up, and they are ready to make your life a joy, if only you will come and fill the fourth spot, if only you will take your place at the table. And that really is what the green, growing season of Pentecost is all about. It is about your growth in the Christian life, of course,…
The Rev. Richard O. Johnson writes, "Several years ago one of the pop psychology books going around was entitled I’m OK—You’re OK...The author’s contention was that healthy people operate from the point of view of “I’m OK—you’re OK”—having a positive self-image and being open and supportive of other people. But the Christian point of view is rather different from that. We live with something like 'I’m not OK—you’re not OK—but…
Dr. James Edwards writes, "The Jesus who died on Golgotha was the Jesus who taught beside the Sea of Galilee; the same Jesus who ate with sinners and tax collectors died for them. In both his teachings and travels, however, Jesus continually reminds hearers that he 'must' go to Jerusalem, and there he 'must' complete the Father’s will. The very structures of the Gospels remind us of the same, and…
In reflecting on the Virgin Mary and the gift of human life, the Rev. Dr. Amy C. Schifrin writes, "When a church acts as if no longer believes that the resurrected Christ’s body is truly present at the altar, it would have no reason to believe that He is fully present as Lord in the tabernacle of his mother’s body."
Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee is Pastor of Boone United Methodist Church in Boone, N.C., and was recently Director of the Faith and Leadership Center at Duke Divinity School where he remains a Fellow in Theology and Leadership.
