• Triangulation

    Triangulation

    With triangulation, the best thing to do is to avoid it. The second best thing is to get out of the middle of it.

  • More than a healing (Lent 4A)

    More than a healing (Lent 4A)

    When Jesus gives sight to the man born blind, faith leaders try to destroy all the good that Jesus is doing.

  • A Cause for Celebrating

    A Cause for Celebrating

    The story of Jesus healing a man’s blindness should be joyous. Instead, faith leaders are making everyone miserable.

  • Fast—a thought on keeping and breaking it

    Fast—a thought on keeping and breaking it

    In Lent, we are called to a season of fasting—an idea we most associate with “giving something up” rather than pausing from.

  • Between Lent 3 & 4 (Year A)

    Between Lent 3 & 4 (Year A)

    After the woman at the well, Jesus gets rebellious at home, drives a wedge between his followers, and takes on the leaders.

  • Having to

    Having to

    The boundaries evident in the passage about the woman at the well are evocative. And so is the way Jesus crosses them.

  • Do I have to go for a walk today?

    Do I have to go for a walk today?

    Deciding to do the right thing can be difficult. And sometimes the way we make the decision is not so helpful.

  • Dust, dirt, soil

    Dust, dirt, soil

    The ashes we use in Lent, to remember our place, are not generic. It isn’t proverbial. It is about our life and death.