We all like to know what’s coming next. Some of us more than others, and yet, when Jesus was on earth, he had some words of caution for people who spent too much time trying to figure out the future. He’d been trying to get his followers to understand that they needed to pay attention…
I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer this summer. Our readings for the last few weeks have had things to say with how we communicate with God. And life itself has had me thinking about what we do with our prayers and how it is that God responds. The news of last weekend was painful…
One of the tricky bits about being a pastor, is that people expect that you may have special knowledge about God. Perhaps you can explain the way God works or doesn’t work. Maybe you are the one who can tell them God’s plan and how it seems to be shaping up in their lives, But…
What would our lives be like if there was no space for us to be like Mary? If there was no opportunity to come and hear the good news spoken and preached? What if there were no joyous hymns of praise? What if there was no laughter in church? No friendly greetings of “Peace be…
Our new youth director is a fan of the Avengers. Katie knows her superheroes far better than I do. But I do know that most of them have a trademark. A talisman. A powerful tool that is essential to their identity.
Even if we limit ourselves to only ever speaking of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit – there is still so much that we don’t know about God. So much that we may never know about God. For starters, how does this whole trinitarian thing work? One in three? Three in one?
In considering the gospel for today as well as the memory verses that our confirmands chose for this occasion, I found myself wondering two things: first, why do we give advice and second, why do we memorize things?