This coming Sunday, “Shepherd Sunday,” we will be reminded that Jesus’s sheep know him and his voice. But this recognition works both ways. Jesus knows his sheep—and the sheep know Jesus.
The next time you find yourself trapped in the same old sin, whatever it is, ask yourself, “What did I really hope to gain?” There’s a very good possibility that it’s something you already have.
Our Lenten Journey isn’t over yet, but the time is short. Make final preparations!
No matter how thorny your situation is, there is a way out. By looking in the high places, going where others do not go, and by observing whatever is around you… maybe just sheep and some scrub brushes… you can find an answer. Listen, can you hear it?
We are a desiring people. There is passion, preference, yearning in our own hearts, and in the divine heart too.
As we enter Lent, we have to remember that temptation is all around, and seduces by offering the easy way, the shortcut. It’s not the big things that usually tempt us—it’s the little ones.
As we stand on the cusp of Lent, about to enter the dark times of the persecution and death of Jesus in our liturgical calender, it is a good time to be reminded that God the sublime and awe-inspiring has thrown God’s weight fully behind Jesus in this moment.
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
We are called to be a Spirit-filled people, with each moment a revolution—a literal turning and reordering from the power of culture to the power of the Holy Spirit.
In these times of turmoil in both the world and the church, I don’t think it is a bad thing to believe in a God-made-flesh who we can stand up to and argue with.