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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Speaking to the Soul: Nothing to Offer

February 3, 2016 No Comments

What if we take Isaac rather than Abraham as our model of faith? Isaac is willing to show up to God empty-handed.

Speaking to the Soul: Anna the last prophet

February 2, 2016 3 Comments

So here we have two elders of the faith coming together to welcome the baby Jesus and his parents. Simeon, expressing a private joy and a dire prediction, and Anna calling out to all who would hear about this child and the redemption of Jerusalem.

Speaking to the Soul: He Loses Nothing

February 1, 2016 No Comments

In today’s gospel, Jesus asks not so much for firmer faith, but for deeper trust.

Speaking to the Soul: Now I know only in part

January 31, 2016 No Comments

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 Our Epistle today–the love chapter of 1 Corinthians–is one of those bits of Bible, where, if we are

Speaking to the Soul: You are the man

January 30, 2016 9 Comments

We don’t like to recognize our faults. It makes us uncomfortable and smears the mirror of the persona we want the world to see in us. It is contrary to a world that expects everyone to put on a controlled demeanor, an “I can conquer the world” sort of face.

Speaking to the Soul: Day after Day, Again and Again

January 29, 2016 1 Comment

When our lives are caught in a loop, Christ helps us break the cycle.

Speaking to the Soul: How Do We Know What We Know?

January 28, 2016 2 Comments

“Oh! Beloved! Oh! I hardly expected to find you HERE,”

Speaking to the Soul: Sister in the Wilderness

January 27, 2016 3 Comments

…a good reminder to us all that when it comes to the interlocking oppressions of gender, status, and religious power, liberation may take multiple attempts.

Speaking to the Soul: On being a sidekick

January 26, 2016 4 Comments

What have you learned from being someone’s sidekick in ministry? When is a time you were nominally in charge, but your sidekick taught you something?

Speaking to the Soul: Bragging Rights

January 25, 2016 1 Comment

Through Paul’s conversion, he lost many of his bragging rights. What sources of confidence do we still cling to when faith calls us to something more?