Let our offering be as precious as Abraham’s as we offer up to God what is most precious to us: our control and our desire to have life only as we would want it.
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Jesus call us to faith, just as he once called his disciples
And even in the midst of our “lack of faith” and our “fear” — and even “terror.” He gently, probing, lovingly, insistently — and in a way that beckons us to open up and “believe” — asks us: “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?”
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Even before the cross, Jesus demonstrated the same love to those he encountered
Are we just to observe the hunger of others (physical, spiritual, emotional, societal), or are we being asked, called, told to feed others?
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There is no question about God’s promise of fruitfulness
In this particular family story, prophecy and grace and the beginning of redemption surround this ordinary family event.
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Lord, be born again to me
Finally, get ready, because we are truly approaching the end that is the beginning, that is the birth of the One we have been and are waiting for.
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God is ‘in it’ for the long run — without conditions, without limits
If indeed humans have existed on this planet for 160,000 years, God definitely has “hung around” with us, put up with a lot, loved us in spite of ourselves, and continues to grace and gift us without conditions and without limits.
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There is no question about God’s promise of fruitfulness
The favor of God falls upon all of us, especially those anointed with God’s own Spirit in baptism.
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The treasure of faith and trust is worth more than any pirate’s gold
When we trust, and when we know with all our heart and soul that the promises of God are always good, and that his love is everlasting, we live with a generosity of heart that makes us new and alive.
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God’s word must be heard and lived, not just spoken
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.” — Fred Cunningham. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” This familiar saying sums up […]
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The gift of Lent calls us to the mountaintop
We, too, have been invited to the mountaintop. We, too, know of the transformation of Jesus through his death and resurrection. We, too, have been forever changed by the promise to share the same, to experience new and eternal life through a sharing in that same death and resurrection.
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