Today is Christ the King Sunday on the global church calendar. What might it mean for us to celebrate a king who does not behave like the earthly kings we have known?

The world seems to be getting worse. But our calling in God is to hope, and to trust that what we see and feel, is not all there is at work in this world.

Not all traditions are brittle and dead. Even when God's people forget the old stories of their faith, God's truth has a way of speaking for itself.

Peter's denial of Jesus broke his own heart. How could he ever recover from turning his back on the Son of God?

Did God really drive King Nebuchadnezzar to madness and cause him live like a wild animal in a cave for seven years? Was this a meltdown or a punishment? What kind of God does that?

Queen Jezebel was coming after Elijah. Instead of trusting in God's providence, Elijah ran away and hid. Jezebel didn't find him but God sure did.

Instead of following God's instructions, Moses acted on his own in pursuit of his agenda. He got what he wanted and what the people needed, but at what cost?

The practice of inclusion and the habit of extending hospitality are markers that matter to God. If it matters to God, it ought also matter to us.