How, like Jesus, can we – even at great risk to ourselves -- stand up to today’s kings and Pharisees ready to oppress others? And how, like Jesus, can we let love and life-giving service be the hallmarks of our own exercise of authority?
How, like Jesus, can we – even at great risk to ourselves -- stand up to today’s kings and Pharisees ready to oppress others? And how, like Jesus, can we let love and life-giving service be the hallmarks of our own exercise of authority?
It is that Spirit of Boldness, that Spirit of Action that is needed today. All around us, there are situations and persons in need of Jesus’ healing touch.
It is that Spirit of Boldness, that Spirit of Action that is needed today. All around us, there are situations and persons in need of Jesus’ healing touch.
The prayer at the heart of this great feast, of total immersion in the mind and will and heart of God, is: “Mary, woman of freedom, be with me–as we struggle with whatever it is that is holding us down again.”
The prayer at the heart of this great feast, of total immersion in the mind and will and heart of God, is: “Mary, woman of freedom, be with me–as we struggle with whatever it is that is holding us down again.”
The victory and reign of the human figure of Daniel, the “son of man” of Matthew, seem very far away. Yet the vision of God’s reign is a reminder that God’s great good news is for the multitudes in this world as well as the next. The transfiguration pushes us to hope and commitment...
The victory and reign of the human figure of Daniel, the “son of man” of Matthew, seem very far away. Yet the vision of God’s reign is a reminder that God’s great good news is for the multitudes in this world as well as the next. The transfiguration pushes us to hope and commitment...
We are in such a time that it feels urgent to draw deep from the wisdom of ancient practices of integrative wellness, community, healing, and justice-making and to include our earth in our horizon of impact.
We are in such a time that it feels urgent to draw deep from the wisdom of ancient practices of integrative wellness, community, healing, and justice-making and to include our earth in our horizon of impact.
Are we looking at each other and our world with the eyes of God? With eyes of HOPE? Are we seeing and tending to the potential and promise in the fields before us or are we fixated on the weeds—the challenges and imperfections sprinkled throughout?
Are we looking at each other and our world with the eyes of God? With eyes of HOPE? Are we seeing and tending to the potential and promise in the fields before us or are we fixated on the weeds—the challenges and imperfections sprinkled throughout?
May we let the apostle Mary Magdalene step into her rightful place in our church and world! Let us celebrate her as wounded healer, evangelist, and witness to the Risen One. May the Apostle of Apostles continue to bear witness that Christ is alive!
May we let the apostle Mary Magdalene step into her rightful place in our church and world! Let us celebrate her as wounded healer, evangelist, and witness to the Risen One. May the Apostle of Apostles continue to bear witness that Christ is alive!
Renewal comes as our listening hearts accept the pain of hearing the reality of those now suffering the impacts of climate change. Can we allow this heartbreak to be a means of conversion, of turning over the soil. Here is where we roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty.
Renewal comes as our listening hearts accept the pain of hearing the reality of those now suffering the impacts of climate change. Can we allow this heartbreak to be a means of conversion, of turning over the soil. Here is where we roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty.
When we really meet others face to face, the table around which we gather changes our dynamics -- truth speaks and prestige listens. Skin color, scars, wrinkles all fade. Eyes meet. Here, at this table, we know and love, and find that we are known, and loved.
When we really meet others face to face, the table around which we gather changes our dynamics -- truth speaks and prestige listens. Skin color, scars, wrinkles all fade. Eyes meet. Here, at this table, we know and love, and find that we are known, and loved.
Hospitality reminds us to live our Christian call to turn outwards, to reach out, to love our neighbor whoever that might be. It reminds us to encounter and receive Jesus in our lives through the other, known or unknown, alike or different, in a new way.
Hospitality reminds us to live our Christian call to turn outwards, to reach out, to love our neighbor whoever that might be. It reminds us to encounter and receive Jesus in our lives through the other, known or unknown, alike or different, in a new way.
...let us rise from the corner of every street and unite with those whose dignity as daughters and sons of God is totally denied, for they are all worth more than so many sparrows.
...let us rise from the corner of every street and unite with those whose dignity as daughters and sons of God is totally denied, for they are all worth more than so many sparrows.
Jesus gives us his body and blood, but it did not come without sacrifice. As we participate in his body and blood, and as St. Augustine says, "become what we receive," we cannot do so without some cost to ourselves.
Jesus gives us his body and blood, but it did not come without sacrifice. As we participate in his body and blood, and as St. Augustine says, "become what we receive," we cannot do so without some cost to ourselves.
Today we are invited to have our lives and relationships be a mirror of God’s life – that of an ever widening circle of grace inviting us to join in the love of God for all.
Today we are invited to have our lives and relationships be a mirror of God’s life – that of an ever widening circle of grace inviting us to join in the love of God for all.
