The Only Protection from Betrayal – Apr. 3, 2023
“Created in the divine image and likeness, we can experience and express that divine likeness only through the bond of social and community relatedness. The only protection from betrayal is not to love, never to trust. The only security against becoming a Judas is never to become a disciple.” –Ray Anderson, The Gospel According to Judas (Helmers & Howard, […]
Believing in the Goodness of God – Oct. 5, 2022
“To act as though one believes in the goodness of God is to relinquish one’s need for the security of rightness. It is to trust the power of God’s transforming love for ourselves and others, even through our mistaken attempts at love. It is to seek the good from the deepest place of love and […]
Life Isn’t More Secure – Aug. 12, 2022
“He told the crowd, “Avoid greed in all its forms. Your life isn’t made more secure by what you own – even when you have more than you need.”” -Luke 12:15
Rules for the Journey
Jesus appoints a group of 72 to go ahead of him. They will test the waters, see where the welcome waits and where it does not. More importantly, they will leave the secure camaraderie of their tight circle and venture forth, two by two, into God’s wide world of blessed and bewildered people. To prepare […]
