On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him.
Read MoreFor he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Psalm 95:1–7a
Read MoreThe man sat by the entrance of his home. His skin was loose and brown, weathered by the steadily accumulating years. The moments of his life stretched around him like a spreading pool of rich green olive oil on a table top.
Read MoreWisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her.
Read More“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.”
Read More“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”
Read MoreBut Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
John 20:24–25
Read MoreMary turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?”
Read MoreAfter saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him…”
Read MoreThrough learning to love each other in communities, we live into our nature as the reflection of the image of God, fulfilling the desire of God, which draws us closer to God.
Read MoreGod did not create humanity and then simply set it on its way to see what might happen.
Read MoreHumanity was created to be encircled in God's love and to encircle others in that love.
Read MoreThe concept of the Trinity is...complicated by how we choose to name the three persons of the Trinity.
Read MoreIs it possible that the very act of being together opens a path for the Holy Spirit to connect with us?
Read MoreBehind you stretches a series of footprints. They have brought you here, now. This here and this now, to which you have been pressing.
Read MoreI have spent some time on dusty roads—pilgrim’s ways that are steeped in equal parts history, mystery, and intention.
Read MoreThere was wind tearing down the treeless pasture, tangling my hair behind me. The ocean wrapped around me on three sides.
Read MoreMy kids and I counted the days we have been quarantined for COVID-19 today. The number is in the fifties. My eldest son looked at me and said, "Mom, that number makes me sad."
Read MoreWhy are we here?
As a student of philosophy, I usually read that question with the emphasis on the Why.