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Generosity—giving as an act of discipline
There’s an interesting thing that happens when we talk about opportunities to be generous. Something nags at our brains to ask: What if…?
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Eventually is not a valid argument for now.
Just because my daughter will eventually get her driver’s license, that doesn’t mean she gets the keys to the car.
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Brotherly Hate
In the parable of the lost sons, Jesus shows us our greatest obstacle is how much we want others to deserve our scorn.
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and no one gave him anything
The “prodigal” reveals so much about us. That we long for forgiveness for ourselves. And something else for others.
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Forgiveness and the power we refuse to use
The parable of the lost sons is not just a story of forgiveness. It is also a story of power. One uses his to forgive. And the other….
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There is no normal to return to
“Going back to normal” is a deeply pessimistic idea. And it represents a fatalism we cannot afford to encourage.
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At that very time
Jesus challenges us to see beyond asking why things happen and toward what we are called to do in light of it.
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