Just Joy
The stories come, as Jesus’ stories often do, because people are grumbling at him.* He is hanging out with “sinners” again, and the religious folk don’t like it. So Jesus tells two parallel parables, the lost sheep and the lost coin, both of which he likens to repentant sinners. I’m not the first to notice […]
Repentance – June 20, 2022
“I have made many mistakes and no doubt will make more before I die. When I have seen pain, when I have found that my ineptness has caused displeasure. I have learned to accept my responsibility and to forgive myself first, then to apologize to anyone injured by my misreckoning. Since I cannot unlive history, […]
Redeeming the World – Oct. 1, 2021
“The power of repentance is that it brings redemption to the world. Each time we repent, we push the world a little closer toward goodness, and a little farther from evil. And in that sense, every act [of repentance] has cosmic significance.” –Louis Newman, On Being interview with Krista Tippett
Run Toward Our Transgressions – Sep. 30, 2021
“However small or large, our immediate instinct is to run away from our transgression. Or to hide it. Or to lie about what we did so that nobody will find out about it. And in doing that, we’re in bondage to the thing that we’ve done. We let it dictate our next move, and the […]
