by Molly T. Marshall | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion
I have taken notice of the subtle shifts in environment since I was last in the mountains of northern New Mexico during a recent weeklong Sabbath observance. Some may say that five years is much too short a time to measure; I was last here in 2010. True, but perhaps I...
by Molly T. Marshall | Jul 1, 2015 | Opinion
The recent papal encyclical, subtitled “On Care for our Common Home,” invites the global church and other interested persons of good will to consider what is at stake in the deterioration of the environment, especially the human roots of the ecological...
by Molly T. Marshall | Feb 13, 2015 | Opinion
Transfiguration Sunday, celebrated Feb. 15 this year, concludes the season after the Epiphany, which is all about light – stunning, shimmering, flickering, blazing, sparkling, illuminating and revealing. God’s light has broken into the world in the person...
by Molly T. Marshall | Nov 11, 2014 | Opinion
The Gospel of Matthew devotes several chapters to Jesus’ prophecies and warnings about the coming reign of God. In Matthew 25:1-13, there is an amusing story of a late bridegroom, wise young women who had prepared for the unexpected, five who had not, and the...
by Molly T. Marshall | Sep 25, 2014 | Opinion
Few passages in the New Testament rival the great Christ hymn of Philippians, which offers a three-stage Christology: pre-existence, incarnation and exaltation. Theologians just love this kind of symmetry! In just a few verses of Philippians 2, Paul spells out the...
