Word of God, preparing for Christmas in the midst of difficulties, uncertainties, and unrest.
As we enter Advent, we come across these strange scriptures…they are apocalyptic scriptures, which merely mean they are telling us about or warning us about what will happen in the…
The main thing Paul wants us to receive in this passage is a sweeping, cosmic vision of the identity of Christ as Lord of all. Paul is addressing himself to…
When we read Jesus’ words correctly in Luke 21, we begin to realize that it was not the distant horizon of history that was supposed to occupy our minds but…
Here we are listening in on an argument. Jesus is responding to hostile critics. This is the only time in Luke’s Gospel that Jesus has a debate with Sadducees. Perhaps…
In this familiar story, Jesus is communicating three things. To the people, he communicated: I am the one who seeks and saves, which according to Ezekiel, is God himself. In…
In a little story that is this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells about two people who have come to the temple. Each of them is focused (obsessed?) with sin. One of…
We wonder if this parable might have been intended to provide encouragement to discouraged believers in the early church. Perhaps they were praying for deliverance from some persecution. Or perhaps…
Jesus tells ten people to look for a priest. This is an interesting command because Jesus is the ultimate priest. We no longer need priests to go on our behalf…