Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...

"Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour" (Matthew 25:13). This verse is the conclusion of the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids, a story told by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.

Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

In 1992, Brigham Young University professor Stephen Robinson invented one of the most beloved metaphors in Mormonism. His book “Believing Christ” became a sensation in The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

The joke goes something like this: A ferocious storm sweeps through a town, and in the aftermath, a man clambers onto his roof to escape the floodwaters. As he sits there, someone in a canoe comes by ...

Girzone's beloved and bestselling Joshua series continues with Joshua retelling Jesus' parables with a modern twist. Believing that the ""zing"" that Jesus' parables had in the first century has been ...

“What is the Kingdom of God like?” (Luke 13:18). Eph 5:21-33; Luke 13:18-21 The Gospel begins with the ability to see. God’s presence in the world is as mysterious as it is ubiquitous. Jesus’ many ...

In my commentary for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I called for us to move society out of the painful birth pangs of racism to deliver justice for all people. The readings from last week and ...

Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable. These teachings can be read as being about divine love and salvation, ...