Sometimes carrying the label of a Christian is easy and light; other times it can feel like dragging a heavy wooden cross through the mud. And yet, Jesus calls us…
Jesus is calling us to a life of conviction, to a life of urgency, to a life of reaching out with his message of love and forgiveness to every single…
Every story of Jesus leads us down the road from Jesus meeting someone to Jesus meeting their deepest need. Whatever their deepest need was, Jesus meets it. Then they tell…
I know the parable is about walking away from the invitation and welcome of our God. Yet, I am convinced that this wedding banquet was message enough for those who…
I know the parable is about walking away from the invitation and welcome of our God. Yet, I am convinced that this wedding banquet was message enough for those who…
The gift of this multicultural church family, the ministries entrusted to us, and our very lives are all, at their heart, worship. And as Children of God, isn’t that our…
Jesus rebukes Peter so harshly in this week’s Gospel precisely because the temptation Peter holds out is so alluring, so deceptive, and so insidious: “You don’t have to do the hard thing.…
Jesus rebukes Peter so harshly in this week’s Gospel precisely because the temptation Peter holds out is so alluring, so deceptive, and so insidious: “You don’t have to do the hard thing.…
The yoke of Jesus is a lifelong learning process, but this learning does not produce fatigue, but rest for our souls. Jesus is not taking away any yoke, but rather…
The yoke of Jesus is a lifelong learning process, but this learning does not produce fatigue, but rest for our souls. Jesus is not taking away any yoke, but rather…