Dr. Todd R. WrightMay 154 min"New!"In John’s vision, he sees “a new heaven and a new earth” and a “new Jerusalem”! This is good news! New and improved is always good news,...
Dr. Todd R. WrightMay 84 min"In The Room Where It Happens"Stitch by Stitch is an all-woman shop in Frankfurt that grew up as a collaboration between a couple German fashion designers and refugees...
Dr. Todd R. WrightMay 14 min"A Converting Question"You know the story of Saul’s dramatic conversion: one minute he is on his way to Damascus to arrest followers of the Way, the next he is...
Dr. Todd R. WrightApr 244 min"Good Trouble""Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year,...
Dr. Todd R. WrightApr 194 min“Why Mary Magdalene?”In John’s gospel, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb while it is still dark. Why? She is not there to anoint the body – that’s already...
Dr. Todd R. WrightApr 104 min"Boldly Singing”Let me try and set the scene for you. The Holy City is flooded with people. (It is a bit like how people describe Charleston during the...
Dr. Todd R. WrightApr 34 min"The Scent of Prayer”Sometimes it can be hard to discern why certain texts are thrust together by the lectionary, like strangers on a subway car – some...
Dr. Todd R. WrightMar 274 min"Happy Are...”Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann says, provocatively, “Churches should be the most honest place in town, not the happiest.” Why...
Dr. Todd R. WrightMar 204 min"Thirsty”There are so many well-known psalms! Just one phrase is enough to set people nodding in recognition. For instance: “The Lord is my...
Dr. Todd R. WrightMar 64 min“Guardian Angel”Every year the lectionary invites us to begin this season by considering the story of Jesus’ testing in the wilderness. Matthew, Mark,...
Dr. Todd R. WrightFeb 274 min"Light From the Mountains“There's a spring in the mountain and it flows down to the town, from the river to the ocean, goes to whole world round that spring of...
Dr. Todd R. WrightFeb 204 min“Love your Enemies”Jesus hardly takes a breath after proclaiming the blessings and woes that we dealt with last week. He moves straight into a series...
Dr. Todd R. WrightFeb 135 min"Blessings and CursesJeremiah’s images are familiar. He talks about shrubs in the desert - parched places, uninhabited salt land. We can almost feel the...
Dr. Todd R. WrightFeb 64 min"Fire and..."“In the year that King Uzziah died” Isaiah had a vision of the Lord sitting on the throne and the hem of his robe filled the...
Dr. Todd R. WrightJan 303 min"Facing Dragons"If you’ve ever been to a wedding, there is a pretty good chance that you have heard at least part of this passage read. But that is...
Dr. Todd R. WrightJan 235 min“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”The body metaphor lifted up in our passage was not original to Paul. Others in the Roman world, especially politicians and philosophers,...
Dr. Todd R. WrightJan 164 min“Who is gifted?”Paul takes a deep breath before starting on a new topic with the Corinthians: giftedness. What does being gifted mean? 1 Corinthians...
Dr. Todd R. WrightJan 94 min"Into the Waters"We Christians have had 2000 years to get used to the idea of baptism, but what do you suppose it meant to those who flocked out into the...
Dr. Todd R. WrightJan 24 min“Following the Star”“Pilgrimage” is defined as a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place. After my experience this past summer – hiking 400...
Dr. Todd R. WrightDec 24, 20214 min“In those days”Those days were just like any other: with people working to put food on the table before falling into an exhausted, restless sleep; with...