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Choosing Jesus over comfort
In this week’s gospel, we see Jesus call Philip and Nathaneal. For us, the challenge lies in recognizing how much we call each other.
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Being Called—for Epiphany 2B
Part of the challenge of connecting with the divine (and one another) is that we forget that even God isn’t doing all of the work.
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Between the First and Second Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
In the calling of Nathanael, we jump past the call stories we’re familiar with—and into a vision of an active relationship with Jesus.
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Next—what comes after baptism
We always focus on the thing. And then, when it comes, our focus needs to shift. And we aren’t always thinking about what comes next.
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The Starting Place
We often approach baptism like an institution obsessed only with our own rules rather than as reflecting the dream of God.
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Who We Are—for Epiphany 1B
In the baptism of Jesus, we are invited to look beyond the origin story of Jesus and to the work he is called to do in the world.
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Between Christmas and the Baptism of Our Lord (Year B)
In the space between Christmas and the first Sunday after Epiphany, we have multiple feasts and readings we may have skipped.
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Always the Innocents
The feast day of Holy Innocents is the part of the Christmas story that never makes it into pageants. But we need to hear it each year.