
Subversive Undercroft #66: Take Heart
When Jesus asks what can he do for us – the only limit is the boundary of our faith
When Jesus asks what can he do for us – the only limit is the boundary of our faith
We review Kate Bowler’s “Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved” and Anna Fitch Courie’s “The Adventures of Cancer Girl and God”
Solidarity is not enough. Jesus is not in solidarity with women. Jesus is fully engaged and promotes the leadership of women.
“Between blindness and sight, that is between the two stories, we have Jesus teaching his disciples about his mission and the kingdom which is coming. He tells the disciples to be like children, to be servants, to be last, to lose their lives.”
“Psalm 13 9:14b speaks of, “…you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Every knitter who is a Bible student knows that one.”
Last weekend saw the election of three new bishops, for Arizona, Kansas, and the Churches in Europe. This weekend, there will be two more. Colorado
We dive into the moral universe of the new Amazon TV show
“Contemplation and action are two sides of the coin that makes up our Christian life, and they are represented in both halves of our Eucharistic liturgy. Mary and Martha are not competitors in ministry; they are partners in ministering to Jesus.”
“I’m concerned when I don’t hear religious leaders advocating for children to be number one on the social agenda of this country. I’m concerned when I hear silence from religious leaders after the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis marched through the streets of Charlottesville. I’m not hearing Jesus of Nazareth when I hear that silence.”
“The unique gifts of the heart we each can offer – the little things, like shiny pebbles from the beach – sometimes become bus tickets back to the world of worthiness from the bleak realm of despair.”