mercy

January 25, 2025

The gospel and Mr. Trump

For some, the work of Christmas ended when they put the tree on the curb and the decorations back in their boxes and finished their gift returns. But for those who take the gospel of Jesus Christ seriously, for those who take the name of the Lord – Christian – not in vain but authentically Continue reading

Ruminations

Bishop Budde, Howard Thurman, inaugural address, justice, Mariann Edgar Budde, mercy, Mike Collins, National Prayer Service, peace, President Trump, the gospel of Jesus Christ, The Work of Christmas, the year of the Lord’s favor, Thump’s inauguration
January 29, 2022

The wideness of mercy

The season after Epiphany has been described as the season when “we reflect on the nature of the Messiah who has come, and we face the risky problem of how we are to act on the basis of our reflection” (Robert McAfee Brown in Social Themes of the Christian Year: A Commentary on the Lectionary, Continue reading

Ruminations

certainties, choices, defining choices, dogma over love, enigma, Epiphany, grace, ideas about God, Incarnation, love beyond categories, love over dogma, Meister Eckhart, mercy, mystery, riddle, universal love, unlimited love, unlimited mercy

About Me

Rich Neal is, in no particular order, a wordsmith and graphic designer; lover of typography, books, and publishing; photographer; contemplative; saunterer; and a retired and still-active pastor. He claims neither special wisdom nor particularly deep insight into life, only occasional glimpses of what lies behind the veil along the way. He shares them here in the hope of connecting the pieces of life’s puzzle that come to him in the journey and would consider it a gift if sharing them also connected him with others who travel an unmarked path toward the same unknown end.

mercy

The gospel and Mr. Trump

The wideness of mercy