Shared Love
When was the last time you felt loved? It’s an uncomfortable question yet it’s the one that many people come back to when they are honest with their therapist, or their partner, or their parent, or their friend. It’s often on the hearts of those whose deathbeds I have visited. It’s on the minds of […]
Listening. . .Again and Again
It’s proving hard for some of us to surrender to the season of Lent this year. “It feels like we’ve been living in Lent already,” one of you said last week to the nods that, even on Zoom, were vigorous and clear. Perhaps that’s what I had been telling myself last Monday when I chose […]
The Purpose of Politics
Are you prepared to deal with the depth of God’s irresponsible generosity? God’s willingness to forgive the unforgivable person. The liar who God sees is more than the sum of their lies? The cheater who God sees as more than the sum of their cheating? The white nationalist who God sees as more than just […]
Call and Recruit
God’s answer to a time of national calamity – at a critical time when some religious and political leaders have lost their way – God’s answer is to raise up new leaders. To raise them up – children and fishermen, marginalized women and people outside of acceptable groups – to raise them up for a […]
Those Who Dream . . .Persevere
Do the magi really believe Herod that he wants to pay homage to this newborn king? We do not know. But we know that Herod wants this knowledge in order to eliminate this new threat to his reign. Knowledge is power. On this, king and magi seem to agree. Yet Herod and the magi approach […]