Growing Into the New Year
A reflection on how Jesus had to grow, and so do we. This is a good mindset to have as we begin a new year together.
How Good is Your Good News?
What is the “Good News?” That was the question I posed to the class Sunday night. This was the fifth week of our course How to Grow in Faith. We’ve been quickly surveying the Seven Habits of Spiritual Formation, and this week we explored Sharing My Faith. Another word...
Is God Punishing Us?
Is God Punishing Us? Is God punishing us? Is God a vindictive, capricious character in an ancient story? How can the Jesus character of the Gospels, who taught love and peace, be related to the angry God of wrath in the stories of Israel? Have you ever asked these...
What are the American gods?
What are the American gods that distract us and pull us away from the God revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai and made flesh in Jesus?
For One Who is Exhausted, A Blessing by John O’Donohue
I woke up exhausted this morning. Sleep eluded me again last night. The endless hours of Zoom and the disembodied contected disconnection takes its toll on the spirit. The Holy Spirit moved, yet again, in the early morning, through the most unlikely vehicle of...
Is This The Apocalypse?
What does the word apocalypse actually mean? Are we living in the apocalypse right now?