Aug 10, 2025 | healing, joy, peace
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. … And without faith it is impossible to please God. – Hebrews 11:1-2 & 6b (NRSV) All my life, I’ve believed I’m not a...
Jun 29, 2025 | love, thanksgiving
It’s amazing that we survive death. So much of life should kill us – heartache, grief, vulnerability, fatigue; even birth should destroy us with pain yet it doesn’t, and here we are. Our hearts break, but no matter: we wake every morning. Loss takes...
Jun 25, 2025 | faith, images of God, news
I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord; I will meditate on all your work. – Psalm 77:11a & 12a (NRSV) There’s a problem with being made in the image of God: it’s easy to acquire a God complex. “I have the divine right to…” “I hold the indisputable...
Jun 8, 2025 | Pentecost, writing
The crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard [the disciples] speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? … [Yet] in our own languages we hear them speaking about...
May 22, 2025 | faith, justice, news
Evil is well worth our anger, our outrage, our fury, our deep indignation. Violence too is a worthy recipient of our defensiveness, our horror, our disquiet, even our fear. To rage against the injustices of the world is an appropriate response of Christian faith. And...
