‘May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.’ (Mk 13:36)
Scripture
Posted inFaith, The Word
Second Sunday of Advent: Thy Kingdom Come
‘One mightier than I is coming after me.” (Mk 1:7)
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
¿Pensar en el futuro o vivir de sueños?
Dios nos entrega los sueños para que los hagamos realidad. Ambos son necesarios: el sueño y la realización.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Have you ever had the spiritual wind knocked out of you?
When the Spirit is knocked out of you, you understand that it was never really yours.
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
Preparados para vivir
Tantas veces ha sucedido que las personas participantes ni siquiera se plantearon que la parábola hablaba de una boda. No es que no lo diga, o que desconozcamos el ritual de una boda hebrea del siglo I; simplemente se trata de no darse cuenta del ambiente global en el que se desarrolla el evangelio.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Is your self-image holding you captive?
A solitary image, of ourselves or others, is often more misleading than life-giving.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What do we miss when Biblical translations are concerned more with doctrine than ‘plain’ meaning?
David Bentley Hart: The hard words of Jesus can be hard to translate away.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
Are Christians really supposed to be communists? A response to David Bentley Hart
Hart argues that the New Testament condemns not only wealth but virtually all private possession.
Posted inFaith, The Word
A Talent for the Gospel
When the Master returns, he will want to know what we did to further the compassion, humility, freedom and love he entrusted to us.
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Inherit the Kingdom
God’s “sheep” know their dependence. Knowledge of their own need for grace opens their hearts to the needs of others.