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Jesus notices the two disciples following him and asks, “What are you looking for?” It is a pivotal question in any encounter. It opens up the possibility for dialogue. We learn...
Read MoreWhen I was a child, I would wait with great expectation at the end of the sidewalk in the front of my house. I was waiting for my dad to come...
Read MoreOne Sunday when I was a child, the pastor of my church announced that a missionary would be visiting us. She was a professor in India. I asked my mother two...
Read MoreYesterday we reflected on Isaiah’s prophecy of a Servant whom God sends to live among a people who have experienced disorientation and exile. We learn in verse 4 that this prophecy...
Read MoreOne crisp wintry day when I was a young girl, I decided to go for a walk after school. Shortly after I started my walk, snow began to fall. Within a...
Read MoreAs early as the third century ce, Christians in the East celebrated January 6 as the date of Jesus’ baptism. In time that celebration joined Easter and Pentecost as one of...
Read MoreNo one knows the boundlessness of God’s grace better than the apostle Paul. He knows it experientially through what he has done and what he has become. According to Luke, those...
Read MoreAll of us experience darkness at some time in our lives. One of my moments stands stark in my memory. My wife of sixty-one years died May 17, 2018, after a...
Read MoreThe words of this prayer for a newly installed king apply just as readily to leaders of countries with a different form of government. They surely embody hopes and aspirations that...
Read MoreDevout Jewish Christians find it hard to believe that God accepts people into the Christian fold without the Jewish requirements for admission—baptism for all and circumcision for males. One of Jesus’...
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