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In current attempts to extricate themselves from a male-dominated society, women have demonstrated their equality with men in the public arena of life. Indeed, in some instances, they have evidenced their superiority. However, if we learn anything . . .
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. . . Do sheep possess particular qualities that Jesus wanted his followers to identify with and deepen in? And why were sheep to be separated from goats (Matt. 25:31-33)? . . .
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. . . I carefully walked through the house to my old room. My eyes scanned the room until they met with the crucifix that hung on the wall. The crucifix had been my mother’s, and her mother’s before her. There it was – still hanging on the wall in the midst of the destruction. Now the black wood of the cross was covered in mold. . . .
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I venture to say that Lent is about hanging on. After all 40 days is a long time to maintain laser-like focus on conversion and whole-hearted faithfulness to our Lenten promises. (Come on now…be honest . . .
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Sometimes comments made by Christians give the impression that one of the joys they look forward to in heaven is seeing enemies receive their “just due.” Always, the implication is, of course, that the punishments meted out will compensate for the injustices done against themselves, not the other way around. One picks up, in [...]
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As we enter the gathering place of our Chapel, a colorful rainbow is sighted with our Lenten theme scripted upon it: I have loved you with an everlasting love. Our God is faithful to us through all of life – the good times, as well as the stormy times. In the reading for the first Sunday of Lent . . .
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