What a Child Can Find
I’ve come to understand that being a Christian is less about believing the right things than about learning, day by day, to embody Christ. My way of embodying Christ will be different from yours, just as my circumstances and perceptions are different from yours. In this week’s gospel reading* we have been extended a great […]
Welcome
I have been meditating on the word “welcome” this month. Jesus, before sending his disciples off on their own, uses it six times in two sentences, so I thought it worthy of some reflection.* And for all of my theological contemplation, I realized that there is nothing that has made me understand welcome better than […]
On Seeing Like Jesus
I’ve always felt uncomfortable about some of the things that Jesus is reported to have said. When he says that he has come to bring a sword rather than peace, to turn members of a household against one another, or that those who love their family members more than they love him are not worthy […]
Practicing Trust
Unlike most of her friends, my mother never spoke with regret about what she’d left behind. When I asked if she’d like to drive by the family house one last time, she declined. She chose just enough furniture to make her independent living apartment homey but not crowded. And when she moved into one room […]