Surprising Growth
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Surprising GrowthSometimes growth happens quickly and dramatically, but most of the time it’s more slow and subtle. The Kingdom of God is a lot like that, according to Jesus. He told about a man who planted a crop, then went to ...
Letting It Be
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Letting It BeJesus once told a story about over-eager field workers. Sometimes called the parable of the wheat and the weeds, the gist of it is that the workers find that someone has sown weeds in their master’s wheat field, and ...
Two Basic Truths
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Two Basic TruthsA few days ago, the first Mass reading was from Deuteronomy, chapter 7, in which Moses reminded the Israelites of two basic truths. The first was that they had nothing that could make God love them. They were neither numerous ...
Let’s Dance
Friday, June 24th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Let’s DanceWe just celebrated Trinity Sunday, a feast that is normally a preacher’s nightmare, for not only is the mystery of the Trinity hard to explain, it’s easy to take a wrong turn and end up in some kind of heresy. ...
