I try to be generous. I try to side with the powerless. I try not to clutch the things I possess. I try to possess few things. But I have a car, and an apartment (though I want a condo), and a soda maker, and even though I go to City Hospital out of solidarityContinue reading >>
Live by the Spirit
For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. For you were called for freedom, brothers and sisters. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. Everything this weekend’s readings call us to isContinue reading >>
My soul is thirsting
There are so many things that I want, and I wonder – is my soul thirsting for God? Do I long as the deer longs? For someone like me who tends to be too hard on herself, it’s easy to read this weekend’s psalm as censure or challenge rather than as offered worship. I can’tContinue reading >>
The incomprehensibility of forgiveness
“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred day’s wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He saidContinue reading >>
Rescued every day
If you’re going to change your life, there’s a particular way of doing it. You need to be really sinful, but still of admirable character, and have a dramatic moment that causes you to change the dressing on who you always were, cloaking yourself now in virtue rather than in vice. In this weekend’s readingsContinue reading >>
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