3/9/2023

For surely God is present in all those places, ready to soothe your soul, comfort your spirit, and put you (back) in touch with the holiness that surrounds you.

2/23/2023

Into a world desperately in need of the Light, I send you for you carry this Light.

2/17/2023

The mysteries of the faith birth possibilities unimagined.

2/9/2023

What a blessing it is to know that God chooses to be with us and give us life. Therefore Beloved, may you always know the blessing that comes with the reality that even in the midst of death and adversity, God has chosen life for you.

2/2/2023

We say S-A-L-T, we need Flavor!
A world that sometimes is tasteless
A world that is in so much need of spices
Let’s bring flavor to those around us
Let’s spread the seasoning to the whole earth

1/26/2023

Faith in Christ calls us to a life of reversals: happiness detached from wealth, reputation, power, or possessions.

1/19/2023

I often wonder about the disciples who dropped everything to follow Jesus. I especially wonder about James and John, sons of Thunder, who left their father in the boat still mending the nets as his sons walked away to follow the new guy from Galilee. What was it they heard in Jesus’ voice to make them drop everything? To give up the lives and comforts they knew? To literally change everything?

1/12/2023

What if Jesus asks you the same question he asked of the disciples of John, “What are you looking for?” Would you respond with your hardest questions, deepest ponderings, or highest hopes? Rather than answer your cogitations, Jesus simply invites you to “Come and see.”

1/5/2023

God, help us to find peace when we seek it, joy when we least expect it, kindness when we need it, and to be peaceful, joyful and kind to others. Amen.

12/20/2022

¹⁶ So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

12/20/2022

¹⁵ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

12/15/2022

This time of the year we use the word “hope” with great frequency. Some of us light a candle on the Advent wreath for hope. Children hope to receive certain gifts from a list that has been carefully and thoughtfully crafted. Children are not alone in this, as we hope for things too.