A New Era
The Gospel that Jesus and Paul proclaimed is Good News about the Kingdom of God. It’s at hand. It’s within and among us. It’s unfolding all around us every day. Our readings in this series are from The Gospel of the Kingdom. Here’s an excerpt from pages 28 and 29: “The focus of the Good News that […]
Excellence and Holiness
Everyone venerated St. Brigit, who performed ever greater deeds, and [they] marveled at what she had done by excellence of her holiness and the prerogative of her many virtues. – Cogitosus, The Life of St. Brigit the Virgin And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we […]
No Kings Day
The King Who Actually Matters The streets were filled this past Saturday; “No Kings Day,” they called it. The second such protest this year, a demonstration against what many perceive as executive overreach, a president acting more like a monarch than a servant of the people. The signs waved with righteous indignation: “No Kings But […]
Kingdom Credentials
Ephesians 5.1-14 (2) Pray Psalm 144.3, 4, 15.LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?Man is like a breath;His days are like a passing shadow…Happy are the people who are in such a state;Happy are the people whose God is the LORD! Sing […]
Wrestling With God
God weakened Jacob, and the wrestler could only cling! Now instead of scheming for a blessing or bargaining for a blessing, he asked God for the blessing—and he received it. We don’t truly see ourselves until first we see the Lord.
You Never Can Tell
Acts 12:18–23 (ESV) Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent […]