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Literal Urgency
Jesus’s apocalyptic vision seems confusing. Until we focus on what he’s trying to say rather than what we hear.
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Black Friday is dying and I’m glad
Black Friday, the concept that the Friday after Thanksgiving is meant for buying things, is terrible for us.
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Preparing for the Advent (Advent 1A)
Getting started with Advent 1A with familiar themes for the season. The most obvious of them is preparation.
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Advent—here now and coming soon
The season of Advent combines the sense of anticipating heaven in the now and at a moment some time in the future.
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A Better World
When Jesus describes this apocalyptic vision, the terror is what we focus on. But Jesus wants us to see the hope.
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Expectations are fluid
We treat expectations like they’re rigid and predictable. And they might seem to be. Until one set meets another.
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Not Force, But Faith
While Jesus condemns the will to power, we can’t imagine a world without it. So maybe we should try harder.
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