How to Love
My heart sinks when I read the “new commandment” that Jesus gave to his followers: to love one another as he had loved them, because I know how far I am from that standard.* Pictures from all four gospels flood my mind: Jesus welcoming outcasts and misfits, “unclean” women and noisy children, leaders like Nicodemus and foreigners […]
What Do I Do? – Apr. 12, 2022
“…yet, not my will, but yours be done.” -Luke 22:42
Miracles – Jan. 17, 2022
“A miracle is a moment when God acts because God is free to act… We can affirm that God is always free to act without also having to explain why God doesn’t act in ways we believe God should. Faith in God points only to possibilities, not necessities. Thus, calling an unusual or wonderful event […]
The One Who Comes
For Sunday, May 19, 2013 – Acts 2:1-21 I wonder if they sensed it in the communal vibe on that morning of mornings–an impending inter-ruption? It had happened before, God appearing out of nowhere, disguised as disruption. So why would they not be expecting God to show up now as Spirit, wild and dangerous, tongues of flame dancing among them? Having […]
