ב is for Beginning
Mark Schloneger
The Creation stories testify to God’s desire to be a home-maker who showers the entire household with love. With Jesus as our beginning, with Israel as our guide, that’s the God we meet in Genesis.
Altar Politics
Mark Schloneger
How can our anger give life? We alter politics, by practicing our politics on the altar. This is how we resist the Empire and welcome the kingdom of God through the body and blood of Jesus.
The One Foundation
Mark Schloneger
Whether we are aware of it or not, we all tie together various events in our lives to form a story to explain who we are, where we have come from, and why we act and live the way that we do. But how do our stories connect to God’s larger story of mercy, healing, […]
All in
Mark Schloneger
In his letter to the churches in Galatia, Paul expresses his frustration that they were drawing distinctions between Jewish and Gentile believers. To Paul, truth of gospel was linked directly to the fellowship of Gentile and Jewish believers on equal terms. To Paul, this reconciliation and unity were not options for the church. Rather, they […]
Grand Canyon
Mark Schloneger
This parable is an illustration of what Jesus had said in Luke 6:20+: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God . . . but woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.” The divide separating the rich man and Lazarus began long before it grew […]
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Mark Schloneger
We all have one body. We all are given one life. We all live only one life story. But there are many ways to tell it. We are large; we contain multitudes. May we claim our identity and find our story in Jesus and the story he frees us to live. And may justice roll […]
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