For several weeks, we’ve heard a gospel of endurance and serving those who suffer. We were taken back to an early teaching, to the Sermon on the Mount. We heard Jesus preach ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be …
A Vision of Formation: Jesus and the Disciples
I've always marveled at the disciples’ willingness to follow Jesus from the beginning. We read that Jesus came to the disciples and they dropped everything and followed him. We read this dropping everything quite literally: Andrew and Simon actually drop their fishing nets and leave it all …
A Prayer for Election Day
Election Day is one of my favorite days. We could go into Election Day full of dread and unease. Or we could approach it with hope and optimism. Sometimes, we feel all of these. What I love about Election Day is that it is a day in which more than 100 million Americans participate in a civic …