… repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations…. — Luke 24:47. It’s been over 2000 years, and I’m sure we aren’t there yet. We still judge, punish, and fail to forgive others or ourselves. Ask yourself whether you turn away from your neighbor when he or she crosses the…
Practice Kindness
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. — Jack Kerouac. The key to Kerouac’s quote is the word “practice.” Having played a lot of sports, I learned at an early age that the word “practice” was just that, and involved lots of failures. Dropped passes, missed free throws,…
What Should We Do?
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” — Acts 2:37. Lent is over, Easter Sunday is past, and now we ask, “What do we do?” If we aren’t careful, we will spend a lot of time on the question,…
Tombs of Quarantine
As we leave the tombs of quarantine, a return to normal would be a disaster unless we recognize that we are going back to a world desperately in need of healing. — Esau McCaulley, Unsettling Power Of the Easter Story. It is not often that you find an opinion piece about the Easter story in the NY Times, but this…
Holy Saturday
Another dear and wonderful friend sent me one of her father’s sermons. He used to use Christ’s last words as a basis for his Good Friday sermons. I used his sermon for my morning meditation and thought it appropriate for Holy Saturday’s Pew. Happy Easter one and all!!! Christ’s words: “Father into thy hands I…