He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” — Mark 12:6
(Jesus said) Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed y...
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And are so far from my cry and from the words of my distress? — Psalm 22:1
‘And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.’ And again in this place it says, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ Since therefore it remains...
They urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us.” — Luke 24:29a
You may have heard the third Sunday in Advent referred to as “Gaudete Sunday”. That comes from the Latin words that traditionally began this week’s worshi...
For almost 400 years, from 1549 until 1978, the collect for the Second Sunday of Advent began as follows: Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written fo...
This coming Sunday marks the beginning of Advent, the season of preparation and expectation that leads us to Christmas.
Even as we break it down to its constituent parts, the core of our Easter miracle is a mystery.
Scapegoating is not of the God revealed in Jesus. As he hung upon the cross, Jesus did not blame anyone.
At the core of our Christian faith, we believe that God loves us and cares for us. When we hurt, God does too. In doing so, God does not expect our belief. He simply offers...
It is hard to imagine how anyone could draw near to ultimate Truth if they run away from ordinary truth. It is hard to imagine how anyone could gaze upon ultimate Truth if...
Jesus, the light and life of the world, was sometimes heartbroken by humanity.
How are we more alike than different? Am I really superior?
Here am I. Here am I, God’s servant, open to the Spirit, waiting on God’s promises, ready for whatever is next.
We know them, and we know where they come from. But do we? Who are they when we let ourselves really see?
When Jesus argues vociferously against his detractors and against our own unbelief, he is arguing against the harm that we do to ourselves through our own sin.
The life that Jesus offers us, then, is something that we receive even now, and it stretches into eternity. There is a continuity between the two and not a disconnect; a do...
To find ourselves often ambivalent, to want things and not want them at the same time, to drag ourselves to the edge of the healing pool and find a lot of different reasons...
