Getting another chance to show fruits of loveThe warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. Cut it out or get cut down! The warnings are accompanied by God’s invitation to attentiveness: “Incline your ear, and come to me; listen,...

Enfolded under the safety of God's presenceThough we sometimes doubt and often resist God’s desire to protect and save us, our God persists. In holy baptism, God’s people have been called and gathered into a God-initiated relationship that will...

Physical reminders of God's presence strengthen us to walk with Christ during our lenten journeyThese forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues, to receive the gifts of God’s grace, to...

Revealing Christ's GloryWitnesses to the glory of God in the face of Jesus reflect that glory in the world. It was true for Moses. It was doubtless true for Peter, James, and John. We pray that it will be true of all of us who see God’s glory in...

Restoring relationships by putting on Christ Mercy. Mercy. Mercy. Joseph lives it in Egypt. Jesus preaches it in the gospel. The Spirit guides us into merciful lives with the power of forgiveness to reconcile what is fractured and divided. Such...