Lent (Page 11)

Throughout history doing good is not always popular and those who are popular are not always doing good in the world.

The readings today offer us some invitations to think about what forgiveness and mercy look like in our lives and in the world.

In our faith life, we are often called to to 'prophetic requests' that engage the suffering of the world around us.

Jesus encounters a Samartian woman at the well and each are transformed by the enounter is ways they did not expect.

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…

Working with difficult emotions can be challenging for us, yet it is an essential part of our spiritual growth.

The life and ministry of Jesus invites us to consider a different model of power than the one that we generally witness in the world.

Jesus' frustration with the authorities of his day was because they were good people willing to accept a bad status quo.

In today's gospel, Jesus offers a series of commands to his followers that go against much of we witness all around us.

God is always inviting us into new and sometimes scary territory. We all need encouragement and support on this discipleship journey.