Tuesday is all Saints day in the Western church, and like so many things in our faith life, what we understand upon hearing the word ‘saint’ has little to do with what our scriptures meant by it. Our understanding of saints is now way too big or way too small. We make saints too big…
Somehow the cross is a powerful moral and spiritual invitation that is presented to us in the significant occasions of our lives and every single day. It is as if at the funeral of a loved one, or our children’s weddings and baptisms, we are to peer beyond the emotions of the day, to find…
Today’s reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians is not a feel good Bible verse quoted a lot for motivational speeches or weddings. I won’t be reading it at Hagop and Angie’s wedding later today, and you won’t be seeing it cross-stitched on any pillow or t-shirt any time soon. Yet the verse…
Following Jesus, his great disciple Paul continues this dedication to evidence-based faith. This is especially clear in today’s assigned reading. ‘Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?’ Paul urges us to continuously look in the mirror of our faith. …
May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! Gal 6:14-18 In today’s reading, the Apostle Paul’s authority is again being challenged, and Paul again shows…
‘All this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.’ -Mt 24:8 I can understand why some people say that this can’t go on any longer, the end is near. Maybe these are the final days that Jesus spoke about? I think they are; but not because I have special insight (Jesus said no one…
Everyone has trouble remembering things from time to time, especially as we get older. This is natural, there is even research on the things which we all forget most. 83% forget names most, 60% forget where something is, 53% forget words, 49% forget what was said and 42% forget faces. Our problem with forgetting isn’t…