Beyond Family
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In calling James and John away from his father and his business, we see Jesus inviting us into something bigger than family.
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In calling James and John away from his father and his business, we see Jesus inviting us into something bigger than family.
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Being honest and sharing our feelings isn’t easy. But we’re deceiving ourselves if we think we can avoid the truth.
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We avoid the truth to protect each other. What we’re actually protecting is dishonesty and the enemies of love.
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In the years running up to the Civil War, Congress was acting like a dysfunctional family system. Here’s why knowing that matters.
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One is that you care about human decency and how we get along. You care about me and don’t want to see me spiral into the abyss of outrage. Nor do you want to see another person’s outrage leveled at me. That’s why you care about the public square. You want things to go well…
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Am I to Come to You With a Stick (Day 11 of A Simple Lent) As we get further into this letter to the church in Corinth, we are now starting to see what has Paul so mad. Not the specific stuff, that’s coming later. We’re getting the question of authority. As in the people are…