Who Are You? – July 18, 2022
“Paul’s first question intrigues me. He asked of Jesus, ‘Who are you?’ not ‘What are you doing?’ or ‘Why are you talking to me?’ ‘Who’ is a relational question, a question that opens us toward companionship, friendship, and perhaps even love…To know ‘who’ is an invitation into a relationship that can – if we let […]
Curious Ways – June 28, 2022
“[People who follow Jesus] have enemies in particular and curious ways, ways that do not makes sense within the structures of violent power-keeping around us. Instead, we are a people who have set down our lives within the reconciliation of all things… We love our enemies when we extend an invitation to a form of […]
Invitation – June 14, 2022
“Come to me, all who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” –Matthew 11:28-30
Meet Me on the Patio
About the time that the Twin Towers were built in New York City, Karl Olsson wrote a book titled Meet Me on the Patio. In it, he described the message of Jesus as an invitation to come down out of the towers of status, power, and privilege, to meet one another on the patio of our […]
