Ongoing Work – Nov. 17, 2022
“I keep making mistakes, even the same ones over and over. I repeatedly attempt (and fail) to keep God and my fellow humans at arm’s length. I say no when I should say yes. I say yes when I should say no. I stumble into holy moments not realizing where I am until they are […]
This is the Life – Nov. 14, 2022
“And this is it. This is the life we get here on earth. We get to give away what we receive. We get to believe in each other. We get to forgive and be forgiven. We get to love imperfectly. And we never know what effect it will have for years to come. And all […]
The Gift of Being a Person – Nov. 9, 2022
“Both true prayer and love for others are selfless, in that they lead us toward and emerge from a simultaneous death to self and discovery of a new self born of God. Both prayer and service to others reveal to us the tremendous truth that to be a person is to be a gift, and […]
A Risen Life
In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus is posed a question about resurrection and the afterlife.* As he so often does with his answers, Jesus steers us to a much bigger understanding of God and our lives than we can ever comprehend. God is a Living God transcending all space and time, and we are forever marvelously […]