Dr. Scott Bader-Saye is academic dean and Helen and Everett H. Jones Professor of Christian Ethics and Moral Theology at Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas.
In Search of Growth
The Diocese of Easton, which a decade ago was contemplating a merger with one of its neighboring dioceses (Maryland, Delaware, or...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024
Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10, 13-14
Solomon praises his ancestors who enriched the eras in which they lived, whether...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024
Wisdom 3:1-9
Even amid bleak circumstances, God’s people rest in his care, both in this life...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024
Isaiah 59: (1-4 optional) 9-19
The prophet tells of God’s rising wrath against...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024
Job 42:1-6, 10-17
Job responds to God’s rebuke with the same loyalty that...
Bishop Douglas Scharf: “I’ve lived in Florida most of my life, and I have not seen two storms that have affected a good portion of this part of Florida back-to-back like this.”
When Jesus asks James and John whether they can “drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,” without any hesitation they answer, “We are able.”
Daily Devotional • October 14
A Reading from Luke 8:26-39
26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 As he stepped...