Posts from 2023 (Page 6)
Restore the Land
Our faith tradition calls us unto deep relationship with place. In today's reading, Isaiah urges us to restore the land that has been harmed.
Life Giving Water
Our scriptural tradition speaks often of water. In this time of water crisis, we best realign ourselves with this tradition.
Far From the Center of Power
Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, offers us numerous lessons that we can learn much from in our modern era.
A DIsabled God
The story of the man born blind offers us much to reflect upon in how we think about disability, inclusion and community healing.
Close to the Ground
Jesus counsels us to remain "right-sized" - not thinking too highly or too little of ourselves and to move through the world with humility.
You Are My Beloved
An important part of the Lenten journey is connecting with our own belovedness and goodness - just as Jesus did.
What is Good and Popular
Throughout history doing good is not always popular and those who are popular are not always doing good in the world.
Hard Truths
Facing the complexity of "the truth" is not always as straightforward as we'd like because the truth is not always just one thing.
Debt Free
The readings today offer us some invitations to think about what forgiveness and mercy look like in our lives and in the world.
Prophetic Requests
In our faith life, we are often called to to 'prophetic requests' that engage the suffering of the world around us.
Well, Well, Well
Jesus encounters a Samartian woman at the well and each are transformed by the enounter is ways they did not expect.
Oh, No He Didn’t!
Today’s gospel offers us one of the most beautiful stories that Jesus told. It’s about forgiveness and love, brokenness and healing. The story of the “Prodigal Son” was Jesus’ response to the religious authorities grumbling about the company he was keeping. They could not understand why a respectable person like Jesus – who supposedly was from God – would spend all his time with “tax collectors and sinners.” In the gospels, that phrase is a way of describing all of…