I have a friend who likes to summarize Christian life and mission this way: “Go out into the world awake and alert to see what it is that God is up to, and then ask, how can I participate? How can I help in whatever it is that God is already doing?”
Start with the image of the “face of Jesus Christ.” Jesus’ face is the face of profound love, the image of God. Jesus looks and brings understanding, forgiveness, healing, and hope.
While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests had
Our theology would improve if we thought more of the church being given to the Spirit than of the Spirit being given to the church.
The nations honor this ruler because of his generosity and justice, not just his military prowess. These foreign lands are praying for him and blessing him, and even Arabia is generously cooperating with his agenda. Why? Because of his goodness and commitment to the poor.
Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola – (1491-1556), Monastic, theologian, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Psalm 34:1-8 Proverbs 22:1-6 1 Corinthians 10:31 – 11:1
Way back when, my mother offloaded on me a miscellany of family china, because (she said) I was interested in “old things”. Among the dozens
Psalm 36:5–10 Ruth 2:5–12 Romans 12:9–13 John 11:1–7, 17–44 John 11:1–7, 17–44 (NRSV:) Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of