Go and Work
I work at an adult education program in DC, providing career services to young adults at a time when the job market in the DC metro area is weak in general and particularly bad for entry-level workers. Many are struggling to find even minimum wage jobs. So when I read the parable of the workers […]
Practicing Mercy
As a wisdom teacher, Jesus tells the story of a servant who is forgiven a huge debt when he begs for mercy from his master, but then the servant harshly demands full payment of a small debt from a fellow servant – which enrages the master.* Obviously, the master intended his kindness to be passed […]
The Simple Way of Community
Jesus is not a magician dazzling the crowds, performing tricks for their amusement, weaving a gossamer web of lofty and convoluted teachings. No, for Jesus the mystical is grounded in the concrete choices and actions of ordinary life. When someone in your community offends you (and notice he does not say if someone offends […]
Worth Dying For
He must have known that it would come down to this. Rebels didn’t last long. To say that he had to walk through this dark gate would be a hard sell to those who had given their lives to this green, growing movement. Of course there would be pushback. Peter, trying to protect his friend, is redirected […]