In the first chapter of Genesis, in the moment God creates humankind in all of our gendered diversity in Gods image, what is the first thing God says to us? “Fill the earth.” The question comes, with what? With what do we fill the earth? So far, the answer has been mostly, “with us.”

On the fifth Sunday of Easter, Lee Lowery considers Jesus' call to love one another.

On Mothering Sunday, Simone considers the image of the Good Shepherd, and the divine gift of nurturing care.

The persecution complex, to me, is problematic for Christians. Don’t tell me you are persecuted when you are simply trying to defend your practice of discrimination. Don’t tell me you’re persecuted because you believe you should be free to ignore the rights and needs of the oppressed.

I don't buy that Thomas was a doubter. I think he was a mystic, a mystic like Pope Francis. Pope Francis was a voice, yes, but he also ways a way-shower. He showed us this way of Jesus time and again. I wish more Catholics, more Christians, were like Francis.

Practicing resurrection means remembering that though cruel tyrants may hold sway from time to time over politics, they do not have to control our minds, our hope, our imaginations.

On Palm Sunday, the Rev. Simone Drinkwater preaches about power, as the world defines it and as Jesus manifests it.

On the fifth Sunday of Lent, the Rev. Lee Lowery preaches on extravagant love, and extravagant joy as practices of faith.