Category: Speaking to the Soul

The Number of Forgiveness

When Jesus told Peter to forgive seventy-seven times, he wasn’t just pulling the figure out of the air. Seven is a number indicating completeness, like seven days in the week for creation. Peter asked if forgiving seven times would be enough but Jesus asked for more than ten times that plus yet another seven, a number that adds rather than multiplies …

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Abiding in Jesus

Everyday Mysteries With others she manages a website for the Diocese of Colorado highlighting congregations’ creative ministries:

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Draft Dodgers

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 — Week of Proper 28, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

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What kind of King?

The Reverend David Sellery, Author, Resource Creator and Retreat Leader. Committed to a vocation that focuses on encountering God in the midst of everyday life,

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The Beginning of the End

Monday, November 18, 2013 — Week of Proper 28, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

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On being a slacker

Psalm 66, 67 (Morning) Psalm 19, 46 (Evening) 1 Maccabees. 2:29-43,49-50 Acts 28:14b-23 Luke 16:1-13 Our Gospel reading today, also known as “The parable of

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Margaret of Scotland

Readings: Psalm 112:1-9 Deuteronomy 15:7-11 2 John 1-9 Luke 4:16-22 Margaret of Scotland was a queen but also an exemplar of what it means to

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The voice of vengeance

Our fundamental book of faith contains the same uncomfortable paradox we find in our daily journey within our human condition–the coexistence of both abounding love and unspeakable horror.

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Remembering our Tree-ness

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease

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