7/21 Readings: Behold and Listen July 18, 2019 News The energy spent flitting from one thing to another robs people of their time and attention and makes them incapable of discerning what does and does not matter.
7/14 Readings: The Demands of Love July 8, 2019 Sunday's Readings The path toward a perfect correspondence between what God requires and what the heart desires is life-long.
7/7 Readings: Complete Cleansing July 2, 2019 Sunday's Readings "We know what we want, and we know how we want it, and we want our self-regard and self-reliance staunchly protected even when seeking help."
6/30 Readings: The Mantle June 23, 2019 Sunday's Readings 3 Pentecost 2 Kgs. 2:1-2, 6-14 or 1 Kgs. 19:15-16, 19-21 Ps. 77:1-2, 11-20 or Ps. 16 Gal. 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 The Lord was about to take up Elijah as he walked with Elisha, and it happened in this wa... Read more...
6/23 Readings: Anguish and Hope June 17, 2019 Sunday's Readings If lamentation is never acknowledged from the pulpit, the people who make their home in the pews may feel that the church is deaf to their deepest cries and their worst sorrows.
6/16 Readings: One Love June 9, 2019 Sunday's Readings The Father’s begetting love bears fruit in the Son’s eternal love of the Father. This is a love story, for God is love.
6/9: Ordinary Disciples June 3, 2019 Sunday's Readings The "old gentlemen" of Hawthorne's Custom House "must stay where they are; in the story of faith, however, such persons are often called forth."
6/2: Ascent, Stillness, and Power May 27, 2019 Sunday's Readings The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are the story of our exaltation in union with Christ.
5/26: Such Good Things May 20, 2019 Sunday's Readings “O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding.”
5/19: Everyone and Everything May 13, 2019 Sunday's Readings After St. Peter’s vision, we cannot fantasize long about Us and Them. The whole creation is the raw material of a New Jerusalem.
