COSTLY BURIAL
In the apostle John’s gospel we read, “After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, […]
Journals
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote the novella “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in 1886. The strange things that happen with these two […]
A TRUE WORD
Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) wrote, “I beg you, wait for God quietly, and don’t be so religious. To have nothing to show for yourself and […]
AS LITTLE ONES
There is an obvious and striking reference to children by Jesus on several occasions. Children were basically a cultural non-entity during the time of Jesus. […]
THE LOST SON
The Luke 15 parable ends with the third part concerning the lost son. The lost son could be many things, but it is clearly the […]
THE LOST COIN
The second part of the parable in Luke 15 is about a woman who lost one of her ten coins. The lost coin is simply […]
THE LOST SHEEP
The three-part parable in Luke 15 concerns a lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son. When we see these stories in an exterior […]
PRAY UNTIL WE HEAR
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) wrote, “The earthly-minded person thinks and imagines that when he prays, the important thing – the thing he must concentrate upon – […]
REPENTANCE REVISITED
Richard Rohr once wrote, “If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.” “To repent is to come to your senses. […]
GIFTS FROM SILENCE
The gifts we receive from the Holy Spirit in silence as we pray and meditate is just that: gifts. They are nothing we can demand […]