Month: May 2025

This Gospel lesson is one among many in the Bible concerning peace and forgiveness, anxiety and aggression. Christians are a people of the Book, following a religion of redemption, of new beginnings. And the entire story of God and humanity is one of God rebuilding our relationships after we’ve gone and mucked them up, again…

When my sons were newborns, and my wife was nursing them through the night, I would wake each time that they needed to have their diaper changed, or if they woke from being too cold, or if they were just fussy. I would hold them on my lap and comfort them until they fell asleep…

What do you make of this interaction? The authorities questioned Jesus, ordering him to tell them plainly if he was the messiah. He replied: “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me, but you do not believe because you do not belong…

This week saw May 1st, May Day, which is traditionally the first day of spring for so many regions around the world. Today is the third Sunday of Easter. We celebrate the resurrection of what we thought was lost. We look forward to what might be made out of our own lives. But in the…