All of us could take a lesson from Elphaba in valuing the lives of neighbors who are too quickly pushed into the background ... or minimized and subjugated by those occupying roles of privilege and authority.

Revelation was intended to give hope to a people going through impossible chaos. And God’s vision at the end of Revelation, the last word, so to speak, is incredibly hopeful. We need that now.

I've become convinced that if Luke had chosen a picture of the gospel instead of 24 chapters of writing... [he] would have drawn for us a big table, wooden and worn and homey.

"God’s abiding among us happens precisely amid, alongside, within the complexities of our experiences with home and with belonging."

The Rev. Winnie Varghese delivers a sermon covering indigeneity, Elijah's sojourn in the wilderness, and how to connect with those who show us hospitality.

Julie Champ shares her experience with recovering from cancer and what she learned about God's infinite grace.

Erin Weber-Johnson gives us a prayer for retaining a spirit of love in the face of political controversy and indignation.

In order to grasp this great truth, the first thing we need to do is to get off our human high horse. We aren’t all that, especially when you compare us to the world of trees.

Drs. Michael Chan and Lisa Sethre-Hofstad help us understand how we can preach the Bible’s more problematic passages in the face of trauma and healing.

ChatGPT and other AI technologies have undergone an explosion in popularity over the past year. How can liturgical music benefit from this advancement- and more importantly, what should we watch out for?

Decades after my first encounters with them, a couple of my childhood heroes continued to lift my spirit and entertain my soul. These two people contributed, at least in some small way, to forming my belief system and maybe even some aspects of my personality.

Michael Chan revisits books from the Bible to remind us that those who forget history can be doomed to repeat it.

Black women have carried the hopes and the dreams, the expectations, the burdens and even the very members of their communities on their proverbial backs. In this revisit to Enfleshing Witness, Rev. Dr. Neichelle R Guidry preaches about the continued legacy of black women in life and faith.

Jesus offers us all healing. We all need healing. And I offer you this peace to walk with Jesus. Maybe the question is, can I trust Jesus to walk with me? Will my community walk with me, with my pain?

Whether through social media, or increasingly, through AI chatbots, we are crowdsourcing our church-going, leaving decisions about church attendance and membership to the wisdom of our connections (or the algorithms of ChatGPT).

Jared E. Alcantara is Professor of Preaching at Truett Seminary at Baylor University. He was born and raised in New Jersey and came to faith in Christ at the age of 14. He is half Latino, Honduran, and half white and, in 2022, he mentione that, in an age marked by loss, there are plenty of reasons for us to lament, but there are not nearly enough lamenting groups to go around. Let's revisit his talk from Enfleshing Witness 2022.

On Day One of the next administration (and in whatever follows), communities of faith must continue the work being God’s people. Regardless of whether you see the outcome you desire or not, the work will need to go on. You’ll either be working in alignment with those you trust, or you’ll be in the resistance against those you do not trust. Either way, there will be work to do.