Saint Mark’s Cathedral welcomed Jaime Rubio Sulficio while he seeks a legal remedy that would allow for a stay of deportation to Mexico and allow for the reuniting of his family.
“That turning, repentance, metanoia has a cost, the cost of recognizing our human sin, of taking up our Cross daily, not only in suffering from injustice and violence, but in knowing in ourselves our need for Christ’s healing grace, his showing us the way to be more loving, more patient, more forgiving, as he was and is.”
How are we called to recognize how sin and suffering are beloved parts of our spiritual journey?
The diocese of Birmingham in the Church of England is abolishing its parish system; might this be an opportunity we could take as well?
Jon and Lisa dig into the story of the prodigal son
“Jesus was not trying to teach math, although the disciples do get credit for remembering how many baskets of leftovers came at each feeding. They remembered the facts but not necessarily the lesson behind them. A literal reading the Bible can give us what we believe are the facts, but unless we look deeper, we often miss the lessons Jesus wanted us to learn…”
We review William Mills’ “Losing My Religion: A Memoir of Faith and Finding”
“One of the things that God had intended from the outset was that humankind would be close to God, to cling, to be not just servants of God but intimate companions.”
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