Among the Suffering – July 1, 2020
“I’ve never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins among drunkards, prostitutes, and tax collectors… Jesus could have hung out in the high-end religious scene of his day, but instead he scoffed at all that, choosing instead to laugh at the powerful, befriend whores, kiss sinners, and eat with […]
Jesus in Disguise
A story circulates about Mother Teresa, who, it is said, replied to the question “How do you stand it when you have to serve some truly despicable person?” with sigh, saying, “I look deeply into their eyes and say to myself, “My Jesus, what an interesting disguise you are wearing today.” Many years ago, I […]
Jesus Has Other Sheep Besides Us – May 6, 2020
“The metaphor of the gate is not one of exclusion, not a license to think of ourselves as Jesus’ true sheep and others as outsiders. (If we use it that way, we become like the Pharisees who expelled the blind man from their community.) The purpose of the gate is not to keep out other […]
Sheep, Metaphors, and Listening for Jesus
I’m a city girl. I prefer sidewalks to hiking trails, front porches to farms and forests, bustling streets full of shops and restaurants to quiet country lanes. My only direct experience of sheep occurred when I visited a ranch with my elementary school Girl Scout troop, and I was assigned to feed some of the […]
