Just before what I read, the Pharisees, hoping somehow to trap Jesus, bring up the matter of divorce. Because he’s asked, Jesus gives his teaching. Divorce has been around almost…
Strange, how something so good begins with something so bad. Jesus is told his cousin has been executed, murdered. John the Baptist is dead: he didn’t compromise the message. Can…
Our response to coronavirus-prevention guidelines. This is an abbreviated service of prayer, Scripture, and reflection.
Some of you may know Lou Reed’s song “Perfect Day.” At one point in the song, he repeats, four times—as if it’s a part of the song he wants us…
[With thanks to Leslie Leyland Fields, and Chapter Four of her Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt, and the Seas (2016).] I don’t ordinarily…
Apart from knowing Jesus Christ, a good wife is probably the greatest blessing a man can have. A wife is far more than a partner. We already have a word…