"And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs." – Luke 24:13 I can’t help it. Whenever I am out on an open highway with no end in… Continue reading

"One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people." – Exodus 2:11 It was a day of awakening for Moses. It was not his best day, but it was a turning point out of which would come good. He saw what he had never seen before and… Continue reading

What is the sacrament of failure? It is the offering of reality that accepts the reality of our vulnerability, our flaws, our incapacity, and our wavering resolve in light of God's unwavering grace, mercy, and love. It is the simple… Continue reading

The gospel writers called the message of repentance, “good news,” not so much because we must, but also because WE CAN. What then is the core of the message when the contrast is so profound between repentance and death? And… Continue reading

God … can be trusted to do the right thing and to win! Continue reading

  "And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again."   Continue reading

  "Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph." This is going to happen. Joseph has his time. We have our times. He did his job. He elevated his people and all the people.He was… Continue reading

  What a horror to think that the converse could happen. "Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,O Lord GOD of hosts;let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,O God… Continue reading

  Yesterday was April Fool's Day. That was only part of the story. There is a negative side of foolishness and there are many references to moral foolery in the book of Proverbs. There is also the paradoxical embrace of… Continue reading

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