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You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry
Jesus invites his followers into a deeper relationship with God and others by challenging traditional standards of righteousness.
How Did This Guy Get The Keys?
Peter was a person full of contraditctions, and yet Jesus gave him the "keys" to the kingdom. This is good news for all.
The Sign of Jonah
Jesus tells the people that no sign will be given them but the "sign of Jonah." What, then, is the story of Jonah trying to teach us?
The Energy Behind Our Words
Words matter. What we say - out loud and in our heads to ourselves - have an energy that shapes the world around us.
What If God Was One Of Us?
In today's gospel, Jesus tells a story where God identifies with the "least" in the world and says whatever we do for them is what we do for God.
Forty Nights
In our Sunday readings, we hear of God’s covenant with Noah after the flood and then read about Jesus being “driven” into the desert by the Spirit – to develop his own covenant with God. Lent offers us a time to reflect on our own covenant with God and to let ourselves be “driven” into an inner desert where we face whatever separates us from God. In today’s reflections, guest blogger Maud McInerney offers us an original poem that emerged…
Repair the Ancient Ruins
Isaiah 58 offers us a vision of a world where the faithful move through the world working to restore all that has become fractured and separated.
No More Thoughts and Prayers
In Isaiah 58, God crituques the prayers and fasting of Israel because it is unrelated to what God really desires - concrete acts of liberation in the world.
Finding Our Way Back
During the season of Lent, we are invited to reflect more intentionally on what William Stringfellow called the "culture of death" and find ways to resist it.
The Hard and Necessary Self-reflection and Recommitment
Welcome to Lent 2024! We are glad that you have joined us on this journey. Every day during this season we will offer short reflections on the themes of Lent and how these might connect with life today. We certainly look forward to your being an active parcipant through your comments, suggestions and feedback. As in the past, the blog will feature some guest contributors, and we start Ash Wednesday with a guest! Michael Marshall, who is fully committed to…
The Joy of Struggle
In the scripture passage frome James 1, we're invited to find "joy in struggle." While this is not an easy task, it is possible.
Where Does God Dwell?
While Solomon built a temple for God to "dwell in," God is also found in our work, our lives and in the least among us.