SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12/16 Be Watchful “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their… Continue reading

In this Advent which points to a final Advent, we are reminded that our calling as earth-citizens and Kingdom citizens is to be wise and faithful stewards of God’s people and God’s stuff. Continue reading

Life can change quickly. Things that seem so set for all time, can be disrupted, can tumble, and can disintegrate. Towns can be leveled by a storm. Mountains can explode in a volcano. Systems can be shaken to the core… Continue reading

You will not have to find him. He will find you and gather you. Continue reading

“Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?   … So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good… Continue reading

None of Jesus’ predictions point to the notion that war is the will of God. Rather, he tells us that war cannot ultimately thwart his will or the forward march of his Kingdom of peace. Continue reading

SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons   12/10Matthew 23:27-39 NRSV “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead… Continue reading