As I prepare for the New Year I am doing my utmost to unsubscribe and remove all the junk email, spam, and trash in my websites’ inboxes as well as my personal inbox. (Having a public email to take book and speaking inquiries has its downside.) Anyway, it is a frustrating undertaking, because junk, spam,…
Month: December 2017
Repent, And Believe In the Good News!
John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of or repentance for the forgiveness of sins. — Mark 1:4 …and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near, repent, and believe in the good news. — Mark 1:15 A friend recently pointed out to me that in both Mark and Matthew…
I Do Not Call You Servants Any Longer
I do not call you servants any longer, … but I have called you friends. — John 15:15 After Jesus send Judas on his way to betrayal, Jesus passes the baton to his disciples. Henceforth he will be murdered, and it will be up to his disciples to carry forth his message “love another as I…
The Work of Christmas Begins
When the song of the angels is stilled, …. Then the work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace to others, An alas, to make music in the heart. — Howard Thurman. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry included…
A Long Wonderful Walk Home
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the…