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Jan 5, 2023
Intentionally Loved
I have been pondering Love. It is the core of our faith and the way we are shaped. Love made us and, as one of my teachers told me,...
Dec 31, 2022
Live Intentionally
We begin a new year by exploring #intention. What will shape the coming year for each of us individually? What will shape the work of...
Dec 24, 2022
In the Beginning: Christmas Day
John's gospel does not have a traditional Christmas birth story (neither does Mark's gospel). Here is how John's gospel summarizes it in...
Dec 24, 2022
Christmas Eve: Awe and Wonder
Everything about Christmas is filled with awe and wonder.The days are beginning to get longer, and we remember God's in-breaking Love....
Dec 16, 2022
Modeling Love
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, #allthefeelsofChristmas focuses on love. The reading from Luke 1:46-56, is known as "Mary's Magnificat"...
Dec 9, 2022
All the Feels of Christmas: Joy
Every year at Christmas time, we sing "Joy to the World." We have a sense of what was meant in that first-century when Jesus was born....
Nov 26, 2022
All the Feels of Christmas: Expectation
We all live with expectations. When we get all tied up in the expectations, they can change the way we receive what we expected when it...
Nov 18, 2022
Attitude of Gratitude: Family along the Way
There are so many ways to speak about #gratitude. As we draw close to the celebration of Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate to end with a...
Nov 11, 2022
Attitudes of Gratitude: Bright and Beautiful
When I began pondering the second week of the #Attitudes of #Gratitude series, an old hymn arose in me: All things bright and beautiful,...
Oct 29, 2022
Getting Persecuted
Who really wants to be persecuted? And yet Jesus tells us, Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs...
Oct 21, 2022
Be a Peacemaker
This week we turn to the #peacemaker #beatitude: How blest are the peacemakers; God shall call them sons and daughters. Those who bring...
Oct 14, 2022
Pure hearts See God
What does it mean for us to be "pure of heart?" Just teaches that the pure of heart will see God! I want that or at least I think I do....
Oct 6, 2022
Mercy Is Key
Mercy is a key to understanding God. It is also key to understanding the #beatitudes. What makes #mercy so important? What is mercy? Join...
Sep 30, 2022
Primal Beatitude
Hunger and thirst are primal instincts that emerge from deep within. Both #hunger and #thirst are triggered when our bodies want to tell...
Sep 22, 2022
Inherit the Earth?
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5) What was Jesus thinking when he said this? The #meek rarely get a...
Sep 16, 2022
Good Mourning
#Mourning and #grief are underrated collections of emotions. Way too often we suppress our grief and/or avoid it altogether. Men are...
Sep 8, 2022
Attitude Check
Many times I have heard the first of the #Beatitudes interpreted purely in terms of #humility and I have interpreted it that way myself....
Sep 2, 2022
Now Count the Cost
Following the path of Jesus may begin with saying, "Yes," and then it continues to an ever-deepening self examination and self surrender....
Aug 26, 2022
Begin with Humility
As I sat pondering the passages for this weekend, I could not hope but notice a recurring theme of humility. Honor can only come from the...
Aug 19, 2022
Chosen
There is a lovely passage of scripture about being called and chosen in the writings of Jeremiah, near the beginning. I have heard used...
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