repentance
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The other side of Good Friday
In popular tradition, the cross of Christ is a sign of rejection, shame, suffering, and death, which is the point St. Paul made when he wrote that Jesus “humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross” (Phil. 2:8). You can’t get more humble, you can’t get lower, Continue reading
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Reframing Lent
It’s time to reframe the season of Lent. The way we usually define it is not wrong, if you hold the traditional Latin view of God as an “original sin” kind of god who holds loving grace in one hand while holding punishment and rejection in the other – the hope of heaven and the Continue reading
abundant life, accepted by God, Ash Wednesday, curiosity, darkness and light, day of the Lord, defining choices, heaven and hell, Isaac the Syrian, Joel, Lent, living fully, Margot Bachol Bisnow, original blessing, original sin, questions, redemption, remembering who you are, repentance, resurrection, spiritual maturity, the light within, Thomas Merton -
Another cup of coffee
“For what it’s worth,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “it’s never too late . . . to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I Continue reading
authentic self, choices, growing up, inexperienced pastors, Jesus in the wilderness, Lent, maturing in faith, never too late, old sermons, original self, outgrowing the old self, reorienting ourselves to God, repentance, starting over, temptation of Jesus, The Peterkin Papers, Willem Lange, William Faulkner -
Interrupted by grace
If you want to make the most of your life and fulfill your life’s highest purpose, and if you want the greatest success in your job or career path, you need to stay focused on your dream or goal and resist distractions and interruptions as much as possible. By setting aside distractions and defending against Continue reading
conversion, distractions, disturbing our city, God’s will, gun violence, handling interruptions, healing, interruptions, Jefferson Avenue, repentance, Robb Elementary School, school shootings, spiritual intervention, systemic healing, the baffled mind, the impeded stream, Tops Market killings, Uvalde, Wendell Berry
The Sauntering Pilgrim 