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The matter of faith
When a man asks Jesus for assurance of salvation, Jesus ties his desire of assurance to his wealth—a message that scares us, too.
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Being a hospitable host for growth
We are partners with God in bringing the dream into reality. Which means a lot of our work is about being a good host for the good work.
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Remember he already told us this would happen
Throughout the Easter stories, Jesus reminds the disciples that he predicted his own death—and he connect it to our faith today.
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Money-Changers—making faith easier
We struggle to see why the money-changers in the gospel are a problem for Jesus. Because we don’t want to see the problem itself.
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Sorry folks, Jesus isn’t normal
So many Christians want to pretend like being a Christian is normal or that Jesus himself is normal, but his works amaze and frighten.
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Mercy as strategy and purpose
Rather than think of mercy as something we’re supposed to do when something happens, we cast it as a way of being in the world.
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Why we secretly love doubt more than faith
It’s easy to read this gospel and think it is about Peter’s lack of faith. But that is reading it completely backwards.
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Seeing the hope that is present
We are invited to see in Jesus incredible hope. How we perceive that hope is what makes all the difference.