“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.” (John 6.51) If you prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. A professor who teaches the history of food at a leading university likes to say that eating food… Continue reading Becoming What We Have Received
The Voice of the Lord
“Thus the Lord passed before Moses and cried out, ‘The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.’” (Exodus 34.6) If you would prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. It is a simple fact of life… Continue reading The Voice of the Lord
“Breathe Easter Now”
“He breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.'" (John 20.22) If you prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. Some years back, a spiritual writer imagined the resurrection of the Galilean Teacher in this beautiful way. “Jesus [takes] that first uncertain breath,… Continue reading “Breathe Easter Now”
Follow the Bubbles
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” (Matthew 28.19) If you prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. One of the first rules that would-be scuba divers learn is always to follow the bubbles. Adherence to that simple rule means the difference between life and… Continue reading Follow the Bubbles
Orphans No Longer
“I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.” (John 14.18) If you prefer listening to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. In Forrest Carter’s book, “The Education of Little Tree,” he begins his beautiful, but haunting story of a small boy who is orphaned with this… Continue reading Orphans No Longer
Mother’s Day
When my mother was some months old, she wasn’t gaining weight as my grandmother thought she should, so she took her to a chiropractor, who did some adjustments on her little body. Soon after, she began to put on weight, which made my grandmother happy, but my mom always blamed the chiropractor for setting her… Continue reading Mother’s Day
A Place For Us
“In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also… Continue reading A Place For Us
“I Call You By Name”
“The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.” (John 10.3) If you prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. Some years before she died, the American writer and civil… Continue reading “I Call You By Name”
“Stay With Us”
“And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.” (Lk 24.16) If you prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on the arrow above. We never walk alone. Survivors of traumatic experiences sometimes… Continue reading “Stay With Us”
Living Easter
“Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.” (John 20.31) If you would prefer to listen to an audio version of the text, please click on… Continue reading Living Easter
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