I’ve been trying to take Mark’s account—what Peter told Mark—in order this year. Today, with our forty-day walk to Easter about to begin, I’m jumping ahead. Today is Transfiguration Sunday. …
On this day of mystery and glory Christ turns his face toward Jerusalem and all that will happen to him, there. From Paul, we turn to listen to Peter. Paul…
Not even Abraham long before had seen and spoken with God face to face. We might point to the three mysterious visitors to whom Abraham offers welcome and hospitality, but…
The power of darkness is fear. There is fear in the darkness, fear of the dark. Children want the nightlight. I’m liking the flashlight on my cell phone. There…
In July of 2017, I was sitting beside my mother. She was lying in a hospital bed in the middle of the living room in the house I had grown…
Christ came to proclaim, to call. He came to assure whom he called. We aren’t living for ourselves, anymore. We’re living for Jesus: we live for him by seeing ourselves…