It’s hard to know what to make of Revelation. It can feel daunting, and not just because there’s so much going on, so many things to try to keep track…
The Offering of Common Kindness—Mt 25:31-46 In the age of cellphones, it’s even easier to pass by people who may be in need. Surely, they have phones too. Surely, there’s…
“It will always help us if we regard this world as organized not for our comfort but for our training.”[1] So says our friend William Barclay. The old saying was…
Jesus has been telling those who want to be his followers about the sort of life they are to live. He has been telling them about the disposition of the…
People were just floored by how Jesus spoke and taught. “[H]e taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law” (Mk 7:29). The rabbis said,…
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness.” Well, I don’t know of anybody being persecuted for unrighteousness. In Calgary, Alberta, there are some three thousand people living on…
“One in heart and mind” (4:32) is how we speak of people close as can be. We tend to reserve that sort of talk for those very much in love. …
There in the house of Annas, Jesus is being questioned, not for the first time. People question Jesus all the time, even in our times—maybe especially in our times of…
I was astounded that Gepetto, Figaro, and Cleo could survive inside the whale. It was awfully spacious in there, though. If you were in church nursery about the time I…
God will settle all accounts. Each of us labors under a stack of Past Due notices. We’ve lived beyond our means. We wanted to have fun, leave the worries for…