With Division Comes…Blessing!
Are you as a public minister a source of division or a source of blessing? Just as it was with Jesus, so it is with you. That means the answer to the question is a ...
Are you as a public minister a source of division or a source of blessing? Just as it was with Jesus, so it is with you. That means the answer to the question is a ...
“Almighty God and Father….in mercy cleanse our hearts and lips, that, free from all doubt and fear, we may ever worship you, one true immortal God, with your Son and the Holy Spirit.” So we ...
Dear Brothers, Don’t be too hard on Philip for his impudent, albeit confused, demand in next Sunday’s gospel (John 14:1-12). Isn’t it true that from all our hearts – if not from our lips – ...
Dear Brothers, Because Jerusalem is surrounded on every side by hills higher than the city itself, it remains a hidden jewel to approaching Passover pilgrims. But very near their journey’s end, weary pilgrims are refreshed ...
Dear Brothers, The essence of our public ministry vocation is offering the water of life that alone satisfies perfectly and forever thirsty human hearts. Logic would suggest that those who dispense the water of life ...
Dear Brothers, My life has been a painful and at the same time beautiful 57-year journey into the depths of the depravity of my sinful heart and into the still more astounding depth of God’s ...
Dear Brothers, Even though John the Baptizer intentionally pointed two of his disciples away from himself and to the Lamb of God, might it still have hurt just a bit as John and Andrew walked ...
Dear Brothers, I’ve never visited the ruins of Herod’s stronghold Machaerus and peered into the depths of the dungeon that may have held John the Baptist. Yet in Sunday’s gospel (Matthew 11:2-11), that dungeon’s contours ...
I’ve never voted a straight party Sadducee ticket. I’m not a rationalistic skeptic who denies the reality of the resurrection. But I understand the doubt that undergirds a key plank in their party platform. Sadducee-like ...
Dear Brothers, Are you giving God a black eye? Sorry, you cannot answer “no.” One way or another, every child of God does it. The only question is: which way will you administer it? We ...