Jesus pulled this man from the faceless crowd and made him his center of attention, his entire world. Jesus also does this with each of us, if we are so willing. He meets those who feel less than a person and fills us with divine personality. He meets you and I personally, and we in…
What a simple and beautiful solution to cut the red tape of recommendation bureaucracy! Instead of boosting our resumes and recommendations to appear of good character, why not just concentrate on being of good character; actually doing what we are trying to prove that we can do! Because the testimony of our actions, says Paul,…
Peter denied Christ three times and we don’t refer to him as ‘Denying Peter.’ James and John were always bragging, and we don’t hold that over their heads for 2000 years. Yet Thomas, despite all he did, despite the mighty grace of God, is forever branded doubting Thomas. We are going to correct this injustice…
‘Pray as though everything depended on God; work as though everything depended on you.’ A call to prayer and works to help resolve the unacceptable humanitarian crisis in Artsakh.
Everybody has a backstory. Getting to know them helps us grow closer together, have empathy for each other and integrate out lives. All of our church sacraments are made richer by tell our own personal backstories as well as the older and deeper stories which give meaning to all of life.
This selfless love for a friend, it seems to me, is the miraculous love which propelled four friends to seek Jesus, and the love which Jesus uses to heal us, then and now. Somehow we were made from the beginning is a way that together we can endure the worst trials of life, paralysis, sickness…
Believe in your light, but believe even more deeply in its source, transfigured and radiant before us today and every day. Stay awake. Keep your eyes and ears open to the illuminating words and movements of God. That’s what Peter, James and John did in following Jesus to Mount Tabor, through all the ups and…