Speaking to the Soul: Loving is Believing
The faith of those who, like Thomas, saw Jesus in his lifetime goes only so far.
The faith of those who, like Thomas, saw Jesus in his lifetime goes only so far.

May we all be drawn there, too. Drawn toward the Love that turned and slept in his mother’s arms. Love that offers us everything and demands from us everything in return. Love that stands against principalities and powers
Sometimes a millennium takes longer to wait for than to live through.

God will come. That much is sure. He will be here next week. What gifts will we bring? Another Psalm instructs us that, besides our adoration and hymnody, God would like to have our brokeness, the shattered pieces of our scandalous old lives.

How are we going to incubate that spark of Christ that’s in all of us and help the world turn upside down? Maybe we can start by magnifying the Lord and rejoicing in God our savior. Then by getting to work.
For Christmas this year, consider getting God some better tools.

When John the Baptist shouts, “Repent!”, he is admonishing us to turn away from the ways of the world, and to turn instead to the practice of love – love of God and love of our neighbor.
At the end of the calendar year, the season of Advent helps us prepare for all kinds of last days.

The light of the fire he was revealed to others as a follower of Jesus and in that same light he was revealed to himself in a way that he does not like.
It’s worth investing some spiritual energy in praying that we never have to face the harshest tests of our faith.