A Scandalous Thing
A forever life is offered in this week’s gospel passage* by the young rebel rabbi. He calls himself “The Bread of Life,” saying, “The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live is myself, this flesh-and-blood self.” The people around him are taken aback, to put it mildly, and […]
Bringing Jesus Along
I’ve never shared this story before: it comes from the tomboy contemplative I was when I was young. Back then, Missouri nights tended to be oppressively hot and humid, and there were few ways to escape the swelter. My father would take the family on car rides, so at least we’d all feel some breeze […]
Bread of Life
It is human nature that we are perpetually hungry and thirsty for something. Whatever it is we seek—success, admiration, control, love, God—it’s never enough. We want more and more, and our appetites are not satisfied. The desire is what it is, but where things get out of whack is when we try to fill ourselves […]
The I of the Storm
The storm outside my home is rattling the windows and flooding the foundation. Fortunately, the windows are tightly fitted and there is a drain in the concrete floor of the house. Yet inside myself there is a storm that distresses me day after day. There is not enough time to accomplish my tasks well. There […]