“Abide in me.” What an invitation! In the abundant, generous, all-seeing soul of Jesus there is space, ample room, and each of us can occupy a permanent place there. That is where we belong.
Even if you’re not much of a dancer, today’s reflection should give you some good moves.
As we pray the Creed this Trinity Sunday, as we say: “I believe in the Holy Spirit,” we proclaim that there is a living God infused in us propelling us forward in his service. We declare that in the Spirit we are born again… that we are one with The Three.
Jesus’ analogy of rationally estimating the cost of war doesn’t seem to hold in today’s world–so how much exactly will true discipleship cost us?
Being a know-it-all is a way to try to take control of the uncontrollable, to bring false order when chaos is all around.
Across the street from us in the first house I grew up in, one of our neighbors was a retired teacher who was a rock
Exodus 19:3-8, 16-20 I remember, as a small kid, how I loved to hear Mama read and tell stories. I was sick fairly often so
Holy leisure is not just what we get when we have time left over, it is the incubator of meaning. Without holy leisure, time at Jesus’s feet, there can’t be any justification through actions. They go together, and the one follows the other.
I love the privilege of being used by God and by my community. I love the magic. I love how each toss of the seeds always ignites new possibility, and each word becomes the Word and falls on ground now thorny, now rocky and now deep and rich and fertile.