Throughout our lives we have pressured, prodded and provoked by fear to live as slaves to our past hurts, haunted by the possibility of problems real or imagined, and trapped by a deep sense of inadequacy. Now if there was someone you loved who felt like that about themselves, wouldn’t you do everything you could […]
Throughout our lives we have pressured, prodded and provoked by fear to live as slaves to our past hurts, haunted by the possibility of problems real or imagined, and trapped by a deep sense of inadequacy. Now if there was someone you loved who felt like that about themselves, wouldn’t you do everything you could […]
When fear shapes our lives, safety becomes our god. When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life. Can the safety lover do anything great? Can the risk-averse accomplish noble deeds? For God? For others? No. The fear-filled cannot love deeply; love is risky. They cannot give to the poor. Benevolence has no guarantee […]
When fear shapes our lives, safety becomes our god. When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life. Can the safety lover do anything great? Can the risk-averse accomplish noble deeds? For God? For others? No. The fear-filled cannot love deeply; love is risky. They cannot give to the poor. Benevolence has no guarantee […]
The arrest of Jesus on the Mount of Olives as described in John 18:1-11, presents us with some rather troubling questions about who Jesus is and our response to his announcement. Jesus’ response to the Roman soldiers is not at all what we might expect nor is the response of the Roman soldiers characteristic of […]
The arrest of Jesus on the Mount of Olives as described in John 18:1-11, presents us with some rather troubling questions about who Jesus is and our response to his announcement. Jesus’ response to the Roman soldiers is not at all what we might expect nor is the response of the Roman soldiers characteristic of […]
We all face problems, disappointments and obstacles that tend to drag us down and leave us feeling bewildered and confused. How can we have an uphill faith when facing downhill problems? What practices and did Jesus give to his disciples that sustained them and strengthened them to overcome the tragedy of the coming days? Based […]
Joseph’s journey from favored son, hated brother, favored servant, condemned criminal, forgotten friend, patient psychic to Pharaoh’s trusted adviser is a journey of faith, trust and maturity unparalleled in the Biblical story. What can we learn from Joseph to help guide us when Hope is hard to find and we feel like the hand we’ve been dealt is a loser.
Joseph’s journey from favored son, hated brother, favored servant, condemned criminal, forgotten friend, patient psychic to Pharaoh’s trusted adviser is a journey of faith, trust and maturity unparalleled in the Biblical history. What can we learn from Joseph to help guide us when Hope is hard to find and we feel like the hand we’ve been dealt is a loser.
We confuse busyness …with being productive, with being successful, efficient, to being meaningful. The more we have on the schedule, the more important we feel. Success is one thing. Impact is another! We find in our Gospel text that Jesus too, was busy with life. He had demands on his time and was pressured to […]