On earth we think of aging as an ineluctable curse. In heaven, it will be revealed as a real ripening.
Scripture
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My daughter has a disability. I don’t want Jesus to ‘fix’ her.
On the subject of disability, I found a Jesus that is, frankly, disappointing.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The problem with confessing our comfortable sins
Gossiping is a sin. But the greater sin is ignoring our failure to live and love like Christ.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Right and Just
This is a challenge to every Christian who receives ashes today: Do the ashes reveal an inward desire to follow Christ?
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Ash Wednesday reminds us that salvation is a team sport.
People are sinning and repenting of their sins all year round. So, why make a day of it?
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
¿Tú ves en lo escondido?
El fariseísmo sigue siendo una enfermedad del presente.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
All animals feel pain. So why do only humans live in dread of suffering?
Christ embraced the most alienated region of human life: our fear.
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
Los agobiados hijos de Eva
La medicina de Jesucristo para el estrés no es unas vacaciones en la playa para volver a empezar. Sino un cambio profundo de actitud. Se llama confianza.
Posted inFaith, The Word
The Light of New Life
In his love, Jesus sees things in us that we do not see in ourselves.
Posted inFaith, The Word
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Without some background, the Transfiguration can be a difficult text to understand. It relies on religious ideas that were common in the first century but have since faded away. One notion that many ancient peoples shared was that gods “glowed.” Deities were refulgent with light and energy. Israel’s neighbors drew this idea from their experience […]