For God had something better in mind for us, so that (the saints) would not reach perfection without us. (Heb 11:40) Tomorrow is All Saints Day in the Western Church, and in the coming weeks the Armenian Church will celebrate All Saints in our own way. Of course, in our church the name for all Saints…
This power of the cross, Paul tells us in today’s reading, is a giant plot twist that we do not expect, turning everything upside down. To those who put their hopes in human heroes, the power of the cross seems foolish and weak. But ‘God’s weakness is stronger than human strength,’ says Paul. By the…
Today’s reading is just one example of dozens where Jesus remixes, recontextualizes the ancient and eternal wisdom of his Father into the present. His listeners had heard the old story that a saviour of their people would rise up from the impoverished, Jesus reframes that story for the uplift of all the downtrodden of this…
As I am sure most of you are aware by observing your own families or looking around church, America is undergoing a generational crisis of faith. Where only 10% of those people born in the 1930s & 1940s called themselves religiously unaffiliated, a whopping 40% of millennials said that they had no religion. Ironically the…
Our children are brushing up on the Hayr Mer in Sunday School, which led to a good question from the kids: Why do we open our arms and turn up our palms as we pray the Lord’s Prayer? I don’t know if you have wondered that, but there is much significance in this detail. Because…
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. Gal 6:14-15 The inside joke about rap is that while everyone in civilized society pretends to be humble and righteous; in reality, we all have a rapper within. This…
“What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.” –Mk 10:9 Our church operates in the world of contracts, but we aim for something higher than contractual relationships with each other. Can you imagine what would happen if we had a no-show policy for church? At $50 per person, per Sunday, we would…